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Episode 7 - Leon Pommers

Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust by Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Jan 28, 202100:29:09Education

Fleeing Warsaw ahead of the invading Nazis, concert pianist Leon Pommers was propelled into a perilous journey around the world in hopes of reuniting with his sister in America.

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Episode 7 - Leon Pommers is an episode from Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust by Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Fleeing Warsaw ahead of the invading Nazis, concert pianist Leon Pommers was propelled into a...

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Published Jan 28, 2021, 00:29:09 long, audio available.

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Fleeing Warsaw ahead of the invading Nazis, concert pianist Leon Pommers was propelled into a perilous journey around the world in hopes of reuniting with his sister in America.

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Published Jan 28, 2021 and 00:29:09 long