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How a BMW and a Truck Full of Leather Shoes Helped Me Get to America

June 9, 2020Jack Oltuski and Romy OltuskiComments Off on How a BMW and a Truck Full of Leather Shoes Helped Me Get to America
After World War II, I spent three years in a displaced persons camp, trading everything I could until I saved enough money to start over in the United States.
Tagged Germany, Holocaust and the Nazi Era, Jews and Judaism, World War II (1939-45)
Jack Oltuski and Romy Oltuski
https://www.nytimes.com/section/world

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