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    HUNGER AS A WEAPON

    Sep 01, 2022 2 minutes

    olish Jew and Holocaust survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon recalls a scene at Auschwitz: “It was nearly midday, and from the distance we could see big drums being carried out from the kitchens. I had seen these before in the prisons and knew that soup was coming. From nearby blocks, girls rushed up. Some

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