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Just 50 Holocaust survivors will be at Auschwitz for the 80th anniversary of its liberation

JL;DR SUMMARY As the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation nears, only 50 Holocaust survivors will attend the commemoration, reflecting the dwindling number of living witnesses. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustEducationSurvivorsTestimoniesMemoryCommemorationRemembranceHistory PreservationEva Szepesi

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Slovakia
"Szepesi, who grew up in Slovakia and now lives in Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the last survivors of Auschwitz alive today."
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
"Szepesi, who grew up in Slovakia and now lives in Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the last survivors of Auschwitz alive today."
Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland
"Just 50 of them are expected to be present on Monday at the camp in Poland for a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation."
Switzerland
"said Yves Kugelmann, the Switzerland-based editor in chief of Aufbau, a magazine started by German-speaking Jewish emigres in 1934."
Budapest, Hungary
"Liberation came; she later returned to Budapest, where she met her husband, a fellow survivor named Andor Szepesi."

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