Amid Turmoil, the Past Gives You Something to Hold Onto

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.

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