Chelsea Coach visits Auschwitz

Discussion in 'The Holocaust' started by Owen, May 2, 2008.

  1. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Lots of coverage in the press about this story.
    Anything that highlights The Holocaust has to be a good thing.
    It was even on the back pages on some newspapers.
    I know for alot of people those are the only pages they read.
    Maybe a few people learnt something today.

    Avram Grant confronts horrors of past - Football News - Telegraph


    Chelsea coach Avram Grant joins 'March of the Living' at Auschwitz in memory of Holocaust victims | the Daily Mail


    Chelsea boss at Auschwitz | Holocaust nightmare of Avram Grant | The Sun |HomePage|News

    He told crowds at the camp for Holocaust Remembrance Day that he first learned the story at 15, when he heard his father screaming in his sleep.
    He said his father Meir, now 80, fled his Polish home with his family in 1941 to escape Nazi occupation – and had to live in a Russian forest.
    It was freezing, and there was little food. And the 15-year-old Meir watched as both his parents and five of his six siblings died.
    The manager continued: “He dug their graves and buried them with his own hands.
     
  2. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    I have a lot of respect for Grant as a man, even if I might not like his team.
     

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