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Holocaust survivors to October 7 hostages: 'We defeated the enemy'
AUSCHWITZ – Irene Shashar was a child when she hid in the sewer tunnels of Nazi-occupied Warsaw; on Tuesday, she held hands with former IDF soldier Ori Megidish, kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 terror attack and rescued from the Gaza tunnels by Israel’s security forces.
“We defeated the enemy, all of us, each in a different way.” Shashar said as they embraced and wept under the infamous camp entrance bearing the German words Arbeit macht frei (work sets you free).
Wrapped in the blue and white flag of Israel, Agam Berger, another former military spotter kidnapped by Hamas, hugged Holocaust survivor Gita Koifman.
“This is a special march. I want people to remember it forever,” Koifman told The Jerusalem Post. “There is a danger Auschwitz will be forgotten. It must never be dropped from memory. The world is cruel, and we [Jews] never know what is waiting for us,” she said and burst into tears.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-851256“We defeated the enemy, all of us, each in a different way.” Shashar said as they embraced and wept under the infamous camp entrance bearing the German words Arbeit macht frei (work sets you free).
Wrapped in the blue and white flag of Israel, Agam Berger, another former military spotter kidnapped by Hamas, hugged Holocaust survivor Gita Koifman.
“This is a special march. I want people to remember it forever,” Koifman told The Jerusalem Post. “There is a danger Auschwitz will be forgotten. It must never be dropped from memory. The world is cruel, and we [Jews] never know what is waiting for us,” she said and burst into tears.