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Grandpa Jacob's Story

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A Family Archive

Grandpa Jacob's Story

In his own words — recorded for the USC Shoah Foundation, written down in his autobiography. Watch, listen, ask, and read.

Born 1928, Wloszczowa, Poland Testimony Spielberg Shoah Foundation Autobiography 2015

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