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is aged biased by the spikes on the 8th of the whole fix the survivor of nancy, germany and slight to the west for tons too hard, like i said as well. and thanks for watching the, the big altima view companies play a role in the destruction of the rain forest. the letter for luxury casa, often comes from illegal capital funds in the m, as in get the supply chains does matter to the deal industry. the illegal of the stats may said on dw of the
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large portrait photographs of holocaust survivors taken by luigi toscano were exhibited in german trained stations in summer 2021, the small god. friedlander was among the
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kind of location main she's been. yeah, i do. i've done file a my jesus, i don't, i'm nothing unhappy personally. i'm grateful really? yeah. i got to change. i've had 4 different lives as tight a wonderful childhood and a few beautiful years of i did that. but to show good other calls me several extremely difficult years was where i went through a lot feel and he was done and then marriage m e e s
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and then these 1011 is a totally different to see if the source port please. yeah. the to d model, the lender lives in berlin again. she was born here in 1921 into a jewish family. they were persecuted after the nazis came to power. in 1933, the her parents were divorced. her mother was not able to plead germany. just before she was about to go into hiding with her children,
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more gods younger brother ross was arrested hoping to help her son. her mother turned herself into the authorities. ma god went into hiding in berlin. after 13 months, she was caught and deported to the to the easy and she thought concentration camp. she survived her mother, brother, father and her entire family were murdered in our streets. shortly after the liberation of tony's installed. and before she left, she married out of the fleet lender, a man she knew from berlin and whose family had also been murdered in our shipments . they emigrated to america in 1946, the
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fema, amazing. miss guns should i should also. but i never really for gave america because when i had needed america, they didn't let me in. it's missing each. i just assume v each know why the time i came to america i was free and a vice and could have stayed here anyway on tend to be up. it was my own free wells on my play up. and if i could just come to america with my mazda company, i might have been very happy be placed. this dispute is the reason, the in 2003, she returned to berlin for the 1st time in 57 years to participate in a documentary. the enlisted sometime in when you get to the team on best,
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some of it had to be shocked in berlin. my lead, that was what changed my life, the main for each the moment i arrived in the sixty's when my roots will bundle for savings and i realized what it meant to me get mess tougher. bus diesel. she says mich victoria, that was the essence of it. at s b as in the dish and i knew i should be one year and they tempted to feed in 2005. so i was a document she was officially screened here at the jewish film festival. a did help each other, and then i began to write my books and ideas one year later to the publisher who avoids tired about it's got the whole book because out they said they wanted to publish it, but the tie should work with a co signer. so this was,
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that was 2006 in december i met to mom and she had to figure that december and worked with her for one year. and you helped me to get the, i was in america. and she was in berlin who you buy in building her book, try to make your life was published in 2008. since then she has been doing regular readings from it. sometimes several a week. issue for do not malice because i should be a dish. mind what does interest them? much. one disagrees. i stand in front of the neighbors building and in a moment i will see my mother. he dictates getting darker. you show the jewish couple is waiting up the little window i can recognize the silhouette behind the curtains. i looked from my mother's familiar form. well, you see, she's not that the lazy opens the door for me to be. where is she? i asked gas express. he's the woman waits until i'm inside. then she shuts the door
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. she left me see me. but 1st i didn't understand. did i get too too lazy? she out looking for me as to call me she left a message for you. this is steve. i'm for. i am waiting for the woman to hand me something, but she just stands that i look for a slip of paper in her hand, something my mother would have written down for me. you still are you, i'm supposed to give you a message and done that. then she tells me what my mother could no longer tell me herself, that if i have decided to go to the police, i speed, i am going with ralph. wherever that may be in this try to make your life so badly. so that the only things she still has from her mother are this amber nicholas at a small address book. the side tests and
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as each so will compute in 2000 dates. when i was still on the plane on my way back to america. i asked myself in new york, so you really doing in new york? yeah, there's so much more you can do in germany. in berlin committee cuts in 2009, she decided to leave new york and return to berlin for good point to him. i definitely have 88 years old ma godfrey linda has been re petri a to and this backs a good today. she officially became it to him and citizen again, the interior minister coating presented her with the certificate, the dig. it says send that to send it to cutting. that gives me, i should probably say
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a few words of to receiving this documents for an i think was of sykes, are expected of up to one voltage this done cuz the condition i come do that. did the how, because you have simply returned what belonged to me in the 1st place. that's when it was taken away from me many decades ago, almost back then they left the roots of a young sapp claims to dry out of us. and if we knew, i haven't come back to germany, i've come to my friends or in the st. q. oh, okay. so the yeah. but i'm also not asked if i miss america. be sure to help me. i don't to, to the been people voice
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a few jobs. i know i was in america so many years. suppose it does concern me. see, but i don't really feel like i lift this for 64 years of of port to soften friends. say to me, is it feels like you were here the whole time of this for mission. i have that same strange feeling. i'm totally here. been to toddler here. one of her greatest objectives is to tell her story to young people in schools, church communities, and adult education centers. by the zip for the book i use for readings, since this is what it looks like. now, here you can see the stuff you have in austin. gosh, dad, it's is to i tell us and know i received the ein hot prize for the book in 2009 for
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best autobiography based out to be oak of t. so i was invited to berlin again to do reading, assign cannot lease on to deeper. i noticed how silent these young people uh, you'll know, mentioned the school students came to the center and how as soon as i started to speak, they wanted to know is it what's next to us? what's next to what is this woman's life, the fundies of? what did she lives through the? i went and i always said it to you so that what we lived through never happens again. that's who of us you, that machine death must be a leap top. but i don't blame many of you have a dish. cable is kind of choice then because we can't forget to sit in those use. the parents and grandparents with cheering is told on who was it?
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of course i knew that you be top spot me good. here i was speaking to the 3rd or 4th generation who had nothing to do with it to on the new stuff me to, to not the readings have become too exhausting for her. so friedlander has started using a video recording said use and that's not good. it is. we left the company honish tasa in a truck out of berlin spending did tool wish for us and the doors closed behind us for this. and from that moment on, everything passed me by like a nightmare. you immediately forgot as soon as you wake up, but which still leaves an indelible tyro behind on to tort steam i want a solution just to shrink it. that is, mine is the unit, but i missed july, never call, but my soul was not in my body in this truck, on its way to, to raise the and start to be lazy instead was like a large scale study,
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an experiment. and i know it's one question, rules our lives, these, how much can a person take, pacey and stuff easy. instead, was an in between place nation i, the life, know dest about the, to the death, waited for us in the camps, in the east to, in the get towed. there was hung up cells and cramped conditions and it was everyone set themselves a hi loan to the some humana see some closeness the and it was difficult for me to, to allow those things in and a everyone existed in a kind of isolation hooked up to the interest that was of that q 5 cool, a place devoid of and light or without time it site. finally 6, the after the readings, the young people are curious to know more. each have is to shop. i made it
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except i feel like i can do something for those who didn't make who can't dismiss dish of time. i have a duty to speak for those who can no longer speak english mesh. question could janet body would like to tell you that we won't forget you and that we will pass everything we've learned onto the next generation desk. if your cost is keep bill that gives me strength. so strength to do this because you are listening to me because i believe that my was being heard well, of quote this flask of k, that's a see sure. what i'm telling you might not get through to all of you, but you can reach to full 3 or 4 of you. i've achieved something. then i'll be stress of ice. because it's for you. then what can i do after all?
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nothing. i don't have any children. i need to this. you will have children, families, emilia, be smotts. i make a good lie for yourselves. and none things. melvins quote, because knowledge really is every single piece of this lilia within lovely name. oh the best time to binge and have you strangers have been good to me. i'm diminishing strangers. who had nothing to do with me in my life and lead me to nothing when death of me should put guess, i'll never forget that year and 3 months i spent getting to know people in berlin came who had done something extraordinary. even demos at 1st, aton hopper. i'll never forget that. i always had cuz that's how i actually discovered
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for true human, assuming she's, i can get it out. i think the, and i'd like to give some of that back. the shipping news for life because maybe i don't really realize it's also really i do that. i've done a lot of it and all the dunk. so when i look in this folder, i see all the words funks in the email for the dental side of things. and hundreds and hundreds of them to and told me that they not for not single mission for this. they are all expressions of gratitude to you junk so so
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yes i have to be of was who someone writes the ship. we didn't know how bad it was . back then the doors you've made me see so much more clearly, hollis few best they're forced day. people have written lessons like that is in, in believe some stuff i'm tired of messing to the interesting thing is how they suddenly really learn what was going on. bestbuy, the other cost you believe in the model, the cost survivor margot friedlander is $1.00 of 10 berliners. the tool guide is now offering a ma god friedland to, to keep that one's gone. 666 years. berlin was little more than a memory for ma, godfrey bland. the place denazi's once took her prisoner up to we'd have to hold
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the costs for the cost of the month. but friedlander was awarded to the standing dictation in germany. awarded only a very citizenship, the highest escalated to the state of berlin, bows, foot, persecuted by the nazi regime and hidden by the linens for years. and both are still active holidays. they remind us of the atrocities and criticize anti semitism and racism on cost is typically a good the good thing and to good lose. we're also honorary citizens hoyde to they ton in the graves. now, if they had graves to do then, and you do choose who they didn't consider a human mention other times who they wanted to kill you own and almost managed to own just eating and fuss. google today, a jewish woman who to even has become honorary citizens. so that's fine.
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with her honorary citizenship. friedlander is now among the great names in berlin's history. her portrait will now hang in the gallery of eminent figures in berlin's house of representatives. the presidents of the berlin house of representatives house these on shows her how different and varied the portraits are the very different style here and that one of the twist denture is almost realistic. element schmidt with his ever present cigarettes and the snuff tobacco. he always use g and look at that style.
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the uh, the astronauts. lots of deals the so yes, there is a list of honorary citizens from east gemini. this is of sigma and yeah. and, and valerie because sky all that. so look for land artist stephanie found targets is working on a number of sketches for the official portrait. yeah, it's just ok showing it 1st, but do you the i is a bit more complete than the fresh the sketched. uh i the push i'm going to, oh god. so this is that just to be on the coat. it's my god's image hoc. when michael asked me if i would paint a portrait for the house of representatives of the house line. so to
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this from the tradition 1st i was overwhelmed just i'm surprised by because margaret put so much trust in me and for how long cushion kept you can't say no to that woman. it's 9 doesn't come. it is, it is here being mama mission here being one is b as in period. gabriel. g, a minus the phone princess in cobbling. she needs to go on file via high to hear this needs to be the end of your time. mrs. friedland. thank you for deciding to live among us again with your work for democratic values, your contribution towards keeping memories, the live,
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and your work with children and young people. you have done a lot of good for our city, monterey. we citizenship is the highest accolade we can award here in berlin. and that's why i'm very happy about something you said recently in conversation with school students. when you visited us in the house. i'm a true belinda, and i love my city. you can even mine instead of on the big loose fallen off. isaac, near the base sophie's does. it's to visit no being near him, being d as in v here. no, being the big d as in tv. and the 2019 cleveland that became patriot of article one of the german constitution, the glen, because that everyone has the right to express their opinion, whether it's gender, nation,
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or background of faith. no one should be deprived or favorite human dignity is involved and level and dignity is environmental. the go. so i'm very happy that you're margaret friedlander. someone who reminds us why the constitution came to be are accepting this. tell us man, today in the spirit of diversity and difference, he does the teeth and keep unimpressed. dr. ceremony was held by the german integration foundation to mark the 70th anniversary of the constitution. even pulling this alongside. chancellor america was holocaust survivor mar godfrey lender. she received an award for outstanding integration work. miracle thing's been 97 year old, who has been telling the story of her life under the nazi regime in schools for years. and she also became patriot of article one of the constitution. human
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dignity is inviolable. the dimension is when i'm talking about spend that to a leash and no, i'm very touched. of course. i don't really know what to say. bessie sent and so chipped from my notes and i did write to speech. see that 1st of all, i just like to say move sign key, visited each victim. it's a me, it's incredible. just to experience this desk to enable the she wrote the book of interviews each to s voice. i do it for you. together with the anti semitism representative of the state of north finalist failure,
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sabina lloyd toys ashen off and becca. it's also meant as a warning to people to learn the lessons of history. and to see me, she's most you should you should death. i'm anti semitism is not the only thing. maybe she direct game to this pete po's been without obviously know whether it's dues of foreigners or people with other opinions. so to the just they want everyone to be like them, that's v as in the future. so i would think linda multi via human mention side. so again, as a witness evolve as a person with a mission. margot friedlander motivates young people and stuff. she puts her heart into it, she's very authentic us a z. and i think all of that makes her a great supporter of prevention, which is the most important thing when it comes to dealing with and
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a dressing anti semitism. you getting on to me to some of the fish. this is the doctor's presence. margaret and catherine 5 cuz i have my cluster round me every day in some food. yeah. and i'm dealing with those so closely. nothing does i feel like i'm always with her. this is an antique bite. yep. and it's fun. yeah. nice on the smokeless. it wasn't possible for her to come here to the studio because of this, the change struck back on and, and will i have to add to this building design and stress? the number 17. it's a very poignant place and go bizarre lot out is by because this was her last hiding place to feel before she was taken to to raise the inch
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dense and stuff come on. this is in the frugal dish and that's which was to site to a ways springs me to to use vendors to when i climb these full flows or when i enter the stairwell key, i think of mock on each step kind of a history thing cuz i lot of the younger sister of it, which he experienced to was the wonderful comply of family by deb hung up on from you and your company. you went to she couldn't remember which floor she lived on and they to it houses a couple and tucked away. so you had thought she has a postcard,
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she sent to the come please from theresa instead. complex of to face interesting shape touch. cause i saw it. will she showed it to me? one it said send, come play a family, focus on straw. so 72nd floor by to stroke. i see. so she was on the 2nd floor, 2 floors below me. all right, slash talk back. when time. yeah absolutely. and you shall have a lot. that's what i look like for a long time quotes. yeah. there i am. with my cross that's, that was when i was in hiding. would tell coincides look how beautiful
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my have was. you ever done the heal. hayes, still beautiful. it's hot today. i asked you where you got this cross. and you said someone gave it to you. you broke you into hiding demons, one tech one when tech a tough, tough when it says are as though and i was so astonished that it wasn't silver with then i guns. she was a very simple cold hodges as a no called a cool is her. i didn't have any money for a chain, so if it was crochet, the heat codes just so it's so beautiful and of it isn't in this photo and on the original just it looks like silver scottish. this is when i saw you in the settings, a new tab, i could sense exactly how you felt the tools, the stuff, or do you recognize yourself? oh yes. the
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kind of the status of it so, but i don't have that time visit macs once or twice every summer. that window showing his house. he has a beautiful house right on the roof, tessa and moved towards agnes and a little note about on that. but i usually bring something with me, mid profit chickens, or a whole one, depending on how many people of that comfortable mazda come. and he brings coffee and cake to the garden. and then we get into the boat for an hour or so of boat.
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that though i'm even allowed to drive it to sport fun. i love doing that to michigan most of the restaurant and i'm, i'm to, we go as far as polt stem onto the bridges. i don't to like, funds a while. we looked at the sailing booths and other boats of buttons the on who's to say good board to and on the board in spring 2020. when the corona virus pandemic brought public life in germany to a standstill. friedlander had to slow down too. but at $99.00, she was online to present the ma got friedlander award, which is bestowed on school projects that cheap a life the memory of the nazi era terrors it is a as in depth. so we're all sitting in very different constellations in front of our screens in so many places. and some of you are together. some of you are alone . i'm just happy, it's working out. my name is peter land. my name is ron schrupo with the
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support of survivors in volunteers. the association presents readings, stories, and contemporary witness statements to the public. now, why did you have to get on the train as charging gal? this? michelle felt like i'd like to assign to you again in just what i think it's great that you're doing this most f as it's very close to my heart as it says, my name is, has become my mission is so hard to fully show it today at 99, i'm very eager for you to continue the walk. said that whole the guy that started this, it wouldn't be forgotten. i did want to make just finished, i guess the listing we can take off. i'm a one year later she can start working again. this time outgoing chancellor ongoing
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america will give this speech in honor of the prize winners. he told us by the websites and you do this because you believe that is to stream the important to most of the young people to turn the backs on exclusion violation racism, anti semitism, and all forms of hostility to the group talking. but so now i mention 5, this type, so then you have on goes mom. often this works give special significance to the world named often monkwood friedlander. and i'm delighted to see the interest this award is attracting among young people all over germany, which front of the
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stink of my describe. i should cause guy sometimes think about what i might have done in life is gone, is that i can't imagine it. you put a plus b s staff the house child in there is probably a dressmaker. space. i don't know if i had a frenzy. i was very young when hitler came to power. com. so it just wasn't an option anymore. just got to kind of swear. we had to grow up too quickly, going to see if you have box don't put steam still until 19 associates to occur until the cust on the we tried to more or less have a life. i mean, i you got minus the so it's a if i say it was too short, be those young is 18. 24 is when you meet someone and start
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dating that your mind can support those years. we're missing config. he's not real frivolous. see who is guy or them? how should i put it in to have time regret not having that is 5 dolphin. i was always some fits in this because chi too much makes us, let's have a look in here to heartfelt distresses how so that's how sweep type plots where the monument is here. that is where philip play being used to do. his dress may can be size for cluster michel. i see. so i left school. we didn't do my final. yeah. oh school leaving exams. not been hiking or
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did station i went to the fashion design school. that's where i met to philip living. so see if he was very nice and i was very much in love scales latasha and i think that was the 1st and only time, at least it was the 1st time i got drunk, can pull some hop on the sleeping one of the day closing because seems trust yourself. yeah. yeah. they usually they have the p f i, i agree is the change. there was a huge table where the pumpkins were caught as it passes that to dish. that would have been my well trying to say is that one. that's the right. yeah. the
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photographer, i'm a t a c. glad to portrait. so friedlander for a photo book for her 100 birthday at locations that played an important role in her life. like here at house, full time slots for her parents shop. what's the, the presents, or as a modern woman who has grown from her difficult task? the
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thing to do is have brought to my number. i always think my mother's words to take to me, but i am the pro system in late 2 years isn't when i was here. this please. backdate. as you could try to make your life. now i'm making a life. indeed, i'm doing something in my life. i believe, awareness of what friedlander does is not confined to germany. when us secretary of state anthony blinking and his german counterpart, tyco, moss arranged a joint conference to commemorate the holocaust. once again, it was presented who was there to remind people of the equality of all human beings . i tell them that there is no christian jewish or muslim block that is on the human black
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and t i and and go still this know who own was under g. s to talk to pizza. it this for you. thank you. second nice thing to me. i always say, i hope i can keep going for a while longer yet sleep the life gave me the chance to do this. this mission is in miss you on the i don't just if my own life but this i speak for those who come speak for themselves. the
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the, the change the tights showing the weaknesses of that era. a goal know you have the new ways of remembering the show must be found, especially when racism and anti semitism are removed. gene once again in society, here in germany is there to appear in duration of the politicians as society. we can and we should all work to look back to reflect us, to remember, and to think about the future. we have a huge responsibility to do our best here when we follow this call to your memory.
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and i very much hope, mrs. friedlander that we will be worthy of your legacy sealants information. please go to the ma some you kind of flush daniel, i don't imagine much will be left after i've passed away up leave life. great people have done things. but what i do is very, very little about my tool and this is done well. see, i see how does a as to nice may be the current generation listening to me in schools will talk about it to the children. yeah. and kid done at the side of the how far it will go. i have no idea what is tied because so many people keep saying they don't want to talk about this anymore. still indefinitely. but it is best question the
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