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Holocaust survivors Margot DeWilde and Murray Brandys spoke at Minnesota State University on Friday. DeWilde was sterilized in a concentration camp medical experiment. Brandys spent five years in six camps, ultimately surviving a prisoner death march.
Holocaust survivors continue to speak to public groups for the most elementary of reasons: to do what they can to ensure against history repeating itself.
Twin Cities residents Margot DeWilde and Murray Brandys spoke at Minnesota State University Friday about their personal hells and proffered some worldly perspective to college students.
"I'm very grateful to live in this country," Polish-born Jew Brandys told them, his voice breaking.
"Don't kid yourself. Everyone who lives in this country should be grateful."
German-born Jew DeWilde spent three years in Nazi concentration camps and was sterilized as a test subject for Dr. Josef Mengele's infamous medical experiments.
Brandys spent five years in six camps before making a long, forced death march with 2,000 other prisoners as the war wound down.
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