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JUDAH SAMET

JUDAH SAMET

DEBRECEN/HUNGARY 1938

INVASION FATHER HAD TICKETS AND PASSPORTS BUT THE FAMILY DID NOT MANAGE TO ESCAPE BERGEN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP LIBERATION FATHER DIED MIGRATION PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING

Nazis came to Debrecen in 1944

Father had received tickets and passports to emigrate to the United States but the family was not able to leave in time

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with family

Liberated in 1945

Father died of typhoid

Moved to Israel with the family in 1946

1961/1962: Toronto/New York city/Pittsburgh

2018 witness and survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Lest We Forget Pittsburgh 05-01-2019