“A Nazi guard beat me on my skull until my head was bleeding. I collapsed on the ground… I wanted to do the mitzvah of counting the Omer, so with all my strength, I sat up, said the blessing for sefirat ha-omer, and immediately fell back and fainted. The next morning was quiet. I heard shouts, ‘Mir zenen fray! We are free!‘ I came out of hiding… and I saw American........

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