Amid antisemitism's rise today, a woman in the Netherlands has made it her mission and life's work to share the stories of her grandparents — who survived the Holocaust and escaped death.
Loving eyes, warm hugs and a happy life. That’s what Deborah Kalkoene remembers most about growing up with grandparents who were Holocaust survivors. But the arms that gave her those hugs were tattooed with numbers — 175399 and 81774 — marking them as the property of the Nazi regime, a subject that would never come up in conversation but one that Kalkoene later decided would be her life’s work to share.
Harry Kalkoene and Henny Swaab met in Amsterdam at a gathering place for survivors who had returned home. They fell in love and got married in 1947, choosing to put the horrors they experienced behind them, Deborah Kalkoene said. They had two children, plus four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2009.
When I think about what my ancestors had to endure during the Holocaust, it makes me deeply sad,' she said. hope take away from my lessons that hatred can lead to something like war. With everything that happens in contemporary life, such as in Israel, Ukraine, Syria — as long as we keep talking about them, they will never be forgotten. And that is my life's work that I am committed to,' she added. For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.
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