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The ICE shooting in Minneapolis shattered my Holocaust survivor father's American dream

JL;DR SUMMARY Beth Gendler shares a poignant reflection on how the ICE-related shooting of Rene Nicole Good in Minneapolis echoes the traumas of her Holocaust survivor father. 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 CommunityDonald TrumpImmigrationAmerican DreamMinnesotaIceRene Nicole GoodDakota PeopleBeth Gendler

Places mentioned

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"People march during a Stop ICE Terror emergency protest in Minneapolis Jan. 8."
Zbaszyn, Greater Poland, Poland
"Last fall, I visited a train platform in Zbaszyn, Poland, where my father saw his parents for the last time."
United Kingdom
"There, he and his brother boarded a Kindertransport to seek refuge in England in 1940."
Germany
"The years before that separation were marked by profound betrayals by the German government, which lied to them, their neighbors and the rest of the world about the violence being enacted against them, and what their future held."

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