Jewish grandmother reunited after 60 years with Lithhuanian playmates who saved her from Holocaust

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Stayed with family for three years until end of war

BY Nicholas Hirshon And Corky Siemaszko
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, November 23 2011, 6:01 PM

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A grateful Jewish grandma was reunited Wednesday with the long lost Lithuanian playmates who helped save her from the Holocaust.

Although more than six decades had passed since Mary Katz Erlich saw them, she had no trouble recognizing 81-year-old Aurimas Ruzgys or his sister, Egle, 83.

“One more hug!” a weeping Katz Erlich said as she embraced one — and then the other — at Kennedy Airport. “Oh, I love you, love you both.”

“I’m very happy,” Egle said via a translator. “There are no words to say, no words to explain.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/jewish-grandmother-reunited-60-years-lithuanian-playmates-saved-holocaust-article-1.982015

[Cirque du So-What]

1. K & R

May I suggest cross-posting this elsewhere for more exposure? This story transcends religion alone.

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2. Good idea. Thanks.

Done, in GD.

[LeftishBrit]

3. K&R and agree it should be cross-posted

I'm of partly Lithuanian Jewish descent, and that story practically had me in tears.

[LARED]

4. Great story nt