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What would you do if you got a Nazi relic in the mail?

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Janovsky recounts receiving unexpected Nazi memorabilia that connected to his great-uncle Israel Schaechter's complex history. 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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HolocaustWorld War IiYad VashemJewish HeritageRighteous Among The NationsMuseum Of Jewish HeritageNazi MemorabiliaJewish VeteransIsrael SchaechterNazi Indoctrination

Places mentioned

St. Avold, Moselle, France
"On a trip to France in 1997 to trace my great-uncles footsteps, Id met a man named Bertrand Cerf who fondly remembered Dr. Schaechter from his youth in St. Avold, a town on the German border."
New York City, New York, United States
"But the package was not what I expected. Inside was a red box with a swastika on it containing two Hitler Youth medals. "

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