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Dear Vati: The terrible pressure of the Nazis and your worry about the safety of your family was too much for you, and you died of a heart attack in 1936. You did not see that both mother and I got out of Europe alive, and the West finally went to war against the Nazis. I ended up in the U.S. Army and participated in the invasion of Normandy. I entered Dachau with my unit, just five hours after liberation and saw the horror of the methodical killing of the inmates. Almost seventy years later, I work with the Museum of Tolerance to help ensure that events like these will not be forgotten and hopefully, never be repeated.

 

Breslau, Germany

Walter Bodlander