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JL;DR SUMMARY Laurence Salomon reflects on the profound personal impact of the Holocaust, recounting the story of his deceased twin sister, Silvia, who died in the Sobibor extermination camp. 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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HolocaustJewish IdentityNazi GermanyTraumaLossSurvival1939Family SeparationTwinsSobibor

Places mentioned

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
"It was through a train carriage window on a Frankfurt railway platform in 1939."
Sobibor, Lublin, Poland
"My twin sister, Silvia, died in the Sobibor extermination camp."

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