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Commentary: A Holocaust denier is running for Congress. One of his constituents would be Auschwitz prisoner No. 27,276.

In an unassuming bungalow in Chicago's Garfield Ridge neighborhood, a woman approaches her 90th birthday. She lives simply but fully, appreciative of 49 years of marriage, two children, her faith. And her country.

She searches for words, occasionally relying on her native language, Polish, to tie together her thoughts while grasping the arm of a visitor. Across from her sits a friend, John Aranza, as she recounts details of her life.

Her story is flowing now. It comes in rapid breaths. It comes through grimaces. Her eyes water once or twice but not when

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