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JERUSALEM (OSV News) — At 83, Alex Rosin, born Elek Rebensztok, is among the youngest child survivors of the Holocaust. As fewer survivors are able to give their testimony, he feels an urgency to tell people his story, especially considering the increasing antisemitism he senses following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities and the subsequent war in Gaza.
“I was very shattered, absolutely shattered (by the Hamas attack). Sometimes at night I think to myself, we’ve been through this. I was in hiding because of this. And yet we are still confronted today in the 21st century with the same thing,” said Rosin. “Demonstrations are OK and people don’t have to agree on everything. But I would say that the world was silent with Hitler, and today yet again the world is silent,” he said.
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“I was very shattered, absolutely shattered (by the Hamas attack). Sometimes at night I think to myself, we’ve been through this. I was in hiding because of this. And yet we are still confronted today in the 21st century with the same thing,” said Rosin. “Demonstrations are OK and people don’t have to agree on everything. But I would say that the world was silent with Hitler, and today yet again the world is silent,” he said.
Surviving the Holocaust: Alex Rosin’s story
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Saved by a Catholic in Poland, this Holocaust survivor has an urgent message
Alex Rosin, born Elek Rebensztok, is among the youngest child survivors of the Holocaust. As fewer survivors are able to give their testimony, he feels an urgency to tell people his story, especially considering the increasing antisemitism he senses following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern...
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