The mob at the Capitol brought him back to Auschwitz, 1944.
By HANNAH ALBERGA/JTA
JANUARY 28, 2021
On January 6, a sea of heads bobbed and flags flew outside the US Capitol. A closer look revealed a dark hoodie, skull, crossbones and large white letters: “Camp Auschwitz,” followed by “Work Brings Freedom.” That’s the phrase my 91-year-old grandfather, David Moskovic, saw every day in German — “Arbeit Macht Frei” — when he was a 14-year-old Nazi prisoner.
For nights following the riots, my grandfather roused to recurring nightmares. The mob at the Capitol brought him back to Auschwitz, 1944.
Read the full article published in The Jerusalem Post at https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/my-grandfather-survived-auschwitz-and-spends-his-life-spreading-kindness-657010
