'My story, as riveting as it is, is merely a microcosm of the larger tragedy,' he said.
"My story, as riveting as it is, is merely a microcosm of the larger tragedy," he said.Many of students who listened to David Lenga's story of imprisonment and hope at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Monday are about the same age he was when he survived the Holocaust.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute hosted more than 1,000 Los Angeles-area students for an educational event to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.He was imprisoned at Auschwitz and was 11 years old living in Poland when the Holocaust began, narrowly escaping being murdered, but suddenly experiencing devastating grief.
The 95-year-old is now a grandfather and great-grandfather who eventually built a life in Southern California and often shares his life story with students.
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