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Steve North, JTA

Steve North, JTA

Fence Offensive

\”People don\’t become suicide bombers for the fun of it, you know. They have grievances.\”

Old Wallet in Berlin Keeps Memory Alive

In August 1942, the Gestapo arrested Walter and Elisabeth Blumenthal, an elderly Jewish couple in Berlin. As they were driven away on a truck, a neighbor noticed Walter tossing something from the vehicle. The neighbor later retrieved the object: a brown leather wallet, elaborately embossed in gold with the initials WB.

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