Wednesday, May 4, 2005

50 YEARS LATER, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FINDS COUSIN

Holocaust survivor finds cousin
After seeing his mother and siblings shot to death by Nazis, a five-year-old boy concealed his Jewishness and assumed the role of fair-haired Aryan mascot for a Latvian Nazi military unit. Fifty years later, living in Australia, the man now known as Alex Kurzem disclosed his Jewish identity and told his story in the 2003 documentary, "The Mascot." Now he's in Arkansas after locating a first cousin who also survived the Holocaust. (Washington Post)

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