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Amid Turmoil, the Past Gives You Something to Hold Onto
Mr. Rosenblatt is the author of “More Rules for Aging,” which will be published in May.
A great-uncle of mine survived Auschwitz. He had been a lawyer in Germany. After the war, he made his way to America and Brockton, Mass., where he took a job as a salesman in a shoe store. One day, the owner, seeing that his salesman had a good deal of education, offered him a higher position in the store. My great-uncle politely refused it. After Auschwitz, he was content to be a shoe salesman. He was content not to be noticed. He was content to be alive.
Why am I telling you this........