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On PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots,’ Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan discovers her family’s unknown Holocaust story

JL;DR SUMMARY In a poignant episode of PBS's 'Finding Your Roots,' Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan uncovers a previously unknown family connection to the Holocaust. 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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Jewish HistoryAuschwitzHolocaustReform JudaismFinding Your RootsPbsGenealogyLizzy CaplanTelevisionWolf Miodownik

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"Caplan grew up in Los Angeles in a Reform Jewish household, had a bat mitzvah ceremony, and attended a Jewish summer camp."
Belgium
"When the camps were liberated, Wolf moved to Belgium, remarried and, eventually, immigrated to the United States."

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