BONUS: Simon Gronowski's escape from the 20th Convoy

History of the Netherlands by Republic of Amsterdam Radio

Dec 27, 202338:40Society & Culture

We meet Simon Gronowski, a 92 year old jazz pianist, lawyer and Holocaust survivor. At the age of eleven, Simon was locked in a cattle wagon with his mother and around 50 other people after a month’s imprisonment at the...

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