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Holocaust survivor reunites with man whose family saved him during World War II

2013-11-28 135 Dailymotion

For Holocaust survivor Leon Gersten, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving had a special meaning this year.<br/> <br />He was reunited on Wednesday at JFK airport in New York with Czeslaw Polziec…<br/> <br />…the Polish man whose family kept him hidden from Nazis during World War II.<br/> <br />"I'm very glad to see you!"<br/> <br />"I'm delighted to see you!"<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Polish) (ROUGH TRANSLATION) CZESLAW POLZIEC, MEMBER OF POLISH FAMILY WHO HELPED GERSTEN DURING WORLD WAR II, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I cannot believe that I am here. I am very happy that after 69 years of separation I can finally meet my friend."<br/> <br />This is where Polziec's parents hid Gersten and members of his family for two years…<br/> <br />…in the attic of this old house in Zawadka, Poland -- until the Soviets liberated the area in July of 1944.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) LEON GERSTEN, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We never forgot the fact that you, and of course your parents, are the ones who saved our lives. And the only reason that we are a

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