History's lesson - Woman tells of life under Nazi tyranny

Thursday, April 4, 2002

Hedy Epstein was jeered and ostracized in school in Germany. Her math teacher was a black-booted Nazi soldier who pointed a gun at her head. The principal called her a "dirty Jew."

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