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How Was It Like To Be a Teenager in Nazi-Occupied Territory During WW2

How Was It Like To Be a Teenager in Nazi-Occupied Territory During WW2

A glimpse into my late grandfather’s youth

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My grandfather, Zygmunt, was born in the 1920s in the former territories of the Austrian Empire.

He grew up in a tiny Polish village located just outside of Auschwitz.

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