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My Mom, Erna Gilbert enjoying her first Grandchild, Paul Castellana 50 years after fleeing Nazi Germany

When the Eternal Light of Life finally departed from my Mom’s exhausted and aching body 3 years ago, I’m sure I scared quite a few people in the hospice when I yelled aloud:

F*CK YOU HITLER, SHE GOT TO LIVE 80 MORE YEARS THAN YOU WANTED HER TO. 

Only then did I first weep. 

Last year in Israel, Koolulam brought together over 600 Holocaust Survivors to affirm their victory over genocide.  Granted, they make the same point I did in that emotional moment in a much more beautiful and memorable way.