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Ruth: The ninth of November, the Gestapo were going to all the homes and arresting the men.

My father took my seven-year-old brother by the hand and walked on the edge of the crowd, the rioting crowd. And that saved their lives.

If my brother had been at home, they might have been so angry at not getting my father that they would have beaten him up and maybe even killed him. So I'm sure my dad saved both their lives by what he did.

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Holocaust Survivor Describes ‘The Night of Broken Glass’

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Published on 29 Nov 2019

Ruth shares with us the harrowing story of how her father saved the lives of her young brothers by blending into the crowds, during the atrocious events of The Night of Broken Glass.

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