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January 27th, 2010

Peco/Exelon Employees Hear Michael Herskovitz Speak

Submitted by Holocaust Aware... on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 4:23pm

Holocaust survivor Michael Herskovitz told his Peco/Exelon audience that one Saturday morning, in 1942, his normal middle class existence came to an abrupt end when German soldiers marched into his small village in Czecklosovakia. He saw disrespect, abuse, cruelty, and murder as he and his family moved to tent cities, railroad cars, and finally concentration camps.