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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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it's the kind of location main she's been. yeah. i gave it down. uh 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, cool me several extremely difficult years was where i went through a lot field and he was done. and then marriage, m e e here and then these 1011 is
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a totally different to see if the souls portray here the today 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 parents were divorced. her mother was not able to leave germany just before she was about to go into hiding with her children. margaret's younger
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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, linda, a man she knew from berlin and whose family had also been murdered. and now she bits, they emigrated to america in 1946, the
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captain america. miss guns should fight. awesome. but i never really for gaze america. because when i had needed america, they didn't let me in as missing each. i just assume the each know why the time i came to america i was free and a vice and could have stayed here anyway. wanted to be up. it was my own free wells on my way up. and if i could just come to america with my mazda company, i might have been very happy being placed, they should just replace the v. as in the, in 2003, she returned to berlin for the 1st time in 57 years to participate in a documentary, the english sometime in the new good rating on bass. some of it had to be shocked in berlin. my
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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 was it meant to me get mess tougher bus. these are steps of mission, victoria. that was the essence of it must be some dish and i knew i should be one year and they tempted to feed in 2005. so i don't q menchie was officially screened here at the jewish film festival. a did help each other, and then i began to write my book an idea, be one year later to the publisher who avoided heard about it's got the whole book because out they said they wanted to publish it. and that's how i should work with the cosa. i dislike that was as 2006 in december i met mom
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and she had to figure that december and worked with her for one year up. and you helped me to get the i was in america and she was in button and he by in bending 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 you for do not malice because i see it is you mind what this statement showing the recipe. i stand in front of the neighbors building and in a moment i will see my mother. he dictates guessing delta 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 note 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 to you too lazy? she out looking for me to call miss she left a message for you. this is steve, i am, 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 is already, 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 side speed, i am going with ralph wherever that may be to try to make your life so badly to man. the only things she still has from her mother are this amber nicholas at a small address book,
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a side 1000 as ish. so we'll go through into 1000 dates because 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 to be 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 penetrated and this backs for good people are not today. she officially became much of them and citizen again, that's always the interior minister coating presented her with the certificate thing. i mean the good to 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 as well. and i think was of sykes are expected of up to one voltage this done cuz the condition i can't do that didn't do you know, because you have simply returned what belonged to me in the 1st place best 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 to us. and if we knew i haven't come back to germany, come, i've come to my friends or you. good. thank you. oh that in case the most and asked if i miss america, be sure to help me. i don't to, to the been people voiced
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a few jobs. i know i was in america so many years is you just concerns me. see, but i don't really feel like i live in the for 64 years. of port to southern friends say to me, it feels like you were here the whole time of the submission. i have that same strange feeling. i'm totally here. been to todd of here. one of her greatest objectives is to tell her story to young people in schools, church communities at adult education centers. my, 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 and often status. it's is $12000.00. no, i received the 900 prize for the book in 2009 for best autobiography based out to
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be oak of p. so i was invited to berlin again to do reading, assign cannot diesel, deeper. i noticed how silent these young people. uh, you'll not mention the school students this in doing and how as soon as i started to speak, they wanted to know yes and fits what's next best. what's next? what is this woman's life need for these up? what did she lives through c, n a. and, and i always said it to you so that what we live through never happens again. that's who of us you, that machine go best to be a leap top. but i don't blame many of you of a dish people if i initially then because we count, forget to sit in those use. the parents and grandparents with cheering is told on was it. of course i knew that you because the spot me got here. i was speaking to
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the 3rd or 4th generation who had nothing to do with it to own in the stuff me to, to nothing. the readings have become too exhausting for her. so friedlander has started using a video recording infinities, and that's not good. it is, we asked the company honish tasa in a truck, out of berlin, spending the tool will show 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 tyra behind on to taught steam, i'm going to austin ocean just to shrink it. that is my new scene furnished in my new co, but my soul was not in my body in this truck on its way to to hazy and stuff cause
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easy instead was like a large scale study, an experiment spinning it. i know one question, rules our lives, these, how much kind of person take, take each test easy, instead was an in between place. you can either 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 sit themselves a hi loan to the some she minus see some close to this new. and it was difficult for me to, to allow those things in and a, everyone existed in a kind of isolation hooked up to these in stat. was of that q 5 cool, a place devoid of and light, or without time insight. honestly 6 of us, after the readings, the young people are curious to know more is have is the shaft. i made it
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except i feel like i can do something for those who didn't make her teacher is miss kush of tom. i have a duty to speak to those who can no longer speak english mesh. question could you 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 flagstaff case, that's a see sure. what i'm telling you might not get through to all of you, but you can reach to for 3 or 4 of you. i've achieved something. then on the 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 life. feel so thankful to none things. now the quote, because knowledge really is every single piece of this lilia within lovely name. oh the best time to binge and have the 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 can who had done something extraordinary. been in the demos at dusk, aton hopper. i'll never forget that i was head cuz that's how i actually discovered
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for true human. assuming she's, i can get it out. i please good . and i'd like to give some of that back the it's been you for life. maybe i don't really realize is also really i do see i've done a lot of it and all the dunk. so when i look in this folder, i see all the words of sanks in the email for the dental side of the items in hundreds and hundreds of the one told me that they're not for nothing. oh, this for this they are all expressions of gratitude to you. junk. so go
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so yes i have to be of was who someone writes the she didn't, we didn't know how bad it was back then all those 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 from that from title. but same to the interesting thing is how they suddenly really learn what was going on best buy the other cost of the leaving them all the cost survivor margot to friedlander is $1.00 of 10 berliners. the tool guide is now offering a modeled friedlander to keep that one's gone. all 606 will be 4. 66 he is. berlin was little more than a memory for ma, godfrey,
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bland. the plays denazi's once took her prisoner and up to we'd have to hold the cost the cost of the month, but friedlander was awarded to the out. standing the dictation in germany, awarded only the very citizenship, the highest escalated the state of the lean body, persecuted by the nazi regime and eaten by building is for years and 50 both is still active today. they remind us of the atrocities and criticize anti semitism and racism. one process typically is good. the good thing and good was, well 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 not to mention other times who they wanted to kill you own and almost managed to own just in test the little today, a jewish woman who to even has become honorary citizens,
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so that's fine. with her honorary citizenship. friedlander is now among the great names and 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's a list of honorary citizens from east gemini. this is of sigma, indiana. and, and valerie, because ski will show that to look for an artist stephanie found out of it 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 a push i'm going to, oh god. so this is that just 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 the house line. so to
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this from the traditional 1st, i was overwhelmed just and surprised by it. because monkwood put so much trust in me and for how long cushion kept you can't say no to that woman snyder come it is it here being mama mission here being top one is b. as in fear here. the most, the fun princess in cobbling sinister going 5 via high to influence people in the uses. friedland, thank you for deciding to live among us again with your work for democratic values, your contribution towards keeping memories alive,
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and you'll work with children and young people. you have done a lot of good for our cities, benoit, 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 troop atlanta, and i love my city. you can even mine and stuff. i live on the big loose fallen off by the community that associates does. it's to visit no being near him being v as in v here. no. being the meeting d as in tv and the 2019 cleveland became patron 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 in level and dignity is one environmental the. so i'm very happy that use my good 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 busy teeth and keep unimpressed. access of ceremony was held by the german integration foundation to mark this 70 at the anniversary of the constitution, even foreigners. alongside chancellor america was holocaust survivor mar godfrey lender. she received an award for outstanding integration work miracle things for the 97 year old who has been telling the story of her life under the nazi regime in schools for years. she also became petering of article one of the constitution.
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human dignity is inviolable. the dimension is on 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 sat and so shep 12 minus i did right to speech concrete. that fast. i just like to say move sign key, visit to these them as 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 fine west valia,
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sabina lloyd toys ashen off in baccha. 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 mainstream they're against to this people. newton would that obviously know whether it's dues or foreigners or people with other opinions. so to that just they want everyone to be like them. that's v d 's in the future. so i repeat linda more tv, a 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 addressing anti
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semitism you getting on to me to some of the fish the stays. the doctors doesn't shed margaret in the can catherine fine because i have my cluster around me every day in some food. yeah. and i'm dealing with this whole closely. none of it. i feel like i'm always with her. this is an antique bite. yep. and it's fun, young, died on the smooth place. it wasn't possible for her to come here to the studio because of this, the change stuck back on and, and will i have to add to this building, design and stress? and number 17, it's a very poignant place. and guns is all out is by because this was her last hiding place to through before she was taken to,
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to raise the inch dense and stuff come on. this is in the to go to be and that's which was to site to a ways springs me to tease finished when i climb these full flows or when i enter the stairwell, the i think of mock on each step kind of a history thing cuz i lot of the younger sister, this is what she experienced to was the wonderful come play a family i do when the bang for me here come clear when 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 interest at 610, cuz i saw it. well, she showed it to me when it said send, come, play a family conference, donald straus so 72nd floor by to look at it. let's see. so she was on the 2nd floor, 2 floors below me. all right, slash talk back when time. yeah. so finish out the vague lab. that's what i looked 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 my have was. you haven't done that. you'll have to
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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 them. this one check one once i get past 10 to 25. so as though and i was so astonished that it wasn't silver. so then i guns, she was a very simple cold hodges as to nicole to cool is her. i didn't have any money for a chain. so if it was crochet, he'd code this. so it's so beautiful and of it isn't in this photo and on the original it looks like silver. the issue is when i saw you in the settings, a new tab, i could sense exactly how you felt the tools, the stuff. do you recognize yourself? oh yes, the
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kind of kindness who uses it so, but i know that i visit max once or twice every summer, that window showing his house. he has a beautiful house right on the roof, tessa, and moved to a cabinets and a little note to boat 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. that though,
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if i'm even allowed to drive it to sport fun, i love doing that to michigan, mostly. i'm sure, and i'm, i'm to, we go as far as post them under the bridges, i don't to lake funds a while. we looked at the sailing booths and other boats of buttons the on whose 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. this is done. 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 of the inside of the snap. my name is peter land. my name is ron schrupo with the
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support of survivors and volunteers. the association presents readings, stories, and contemporary witness statements to the public. no. 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 this quote, 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 to walk. see it that whole to go. best of this, it will be forgotten. i did want to make just finished. i guess the nothing we can take of that mazda. one year later, she can start working again. this time outgoing chancellor. ongoing miracle will
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give the 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 box 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 go small must in this would give special significance to the world named off the market friedlander. and i'm delighted to see the interest this award is attracting among young people all over germany, which front of here, 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 his but i can't imagine it. you put a plus b, s staff. the house is probably a dressmaker. space. i don't know if i had a frenzy, i was very young when hit they came to power. com. and so it just wasn't an option anymore. just got to got a smear. we had to grow up too quickly calling to see if you have bucks, double put stream sto until 19 associates to cost until the cust on the we tried to more or less have a life. i mean, i, you got minus the so if you, if i see it was to show the, those young is 18. 24 is when you meet someone and start dating
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that you might, can put those years were missing config. he's not real frivolous. see, who is guy or them are, should i put it in to have time regret not having that. just 5 dolphin. i was always some fishing this me because i do not make us. let's have a look in here to discuss this household that the house folk type plots where the monument is here. that's it is with philip play being used to do, his dress may can be cited her questionnaire. so i left school. i didn't do my final. yeah. oh, school leaving exams. not been hygiene,
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voted station. i went to the fashion design school. that's where i met to philip living. so 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 from hop point saline was offered a closing b k. c stressor itself. yeah, yeah. they usually, they have the p, f i. i agree as the change. there was a huge table where the pumpkins were caught as a gas. is that true dish? that would be my well trying to see 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, where her parents shop was the, the presents, or as a modern woman who has grown from her difficult past the
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sting to ima, these have brought to my number. i always think my mother's words to take to me. but i am the process them in late 2 years. when i was here, this please. todd backdate to zoom quick, 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 counter par tyco mos 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 it is no christian jewish,
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but most of them blocked that is only human black and t i m o. still this know who own was on the t s. to talk to people it this for you. thank you. so that's a nice thing to me. i always say i hope i can keep going for a while longer. yeah, it has to be the life gave me the chance to do this. this mission is in this show on that i don't just if my own life, but this i speak for those who comp speak for themselves the
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the, the change the tight. so the weaknesses of that era, a go know you have the new ways of remembering the show must be found, especially when racism and anti semitism are emerging once again in society. here in germany, there to appear in direction 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 passed away up leave life. great people have done things. but what i do is very, very little about my tool is go through a c, c o, going up to nice. maybe the current generation listening to me in schools will talk about it to the children. yeah. and kid done it for us. i mean, 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 to send him home. a definitely definitely by dish bass. question the
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