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Matthew Kriegsman


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The journey inward

We had one ticket there and one ticket back, with no specific plans in between. Our 10-day getaway to Israel started out as nothing more than a sketch: friends, family and relaxation.


Never forgotten

It was as if I had been there before. Poland-so desolate, so isolated, so foreign-yet standing at the Umschlagplatz memorial this past February sparked a sensation that ran through me and made the scene almost familiar.My grandfather, Moshe Kriegsman, whose namesake I represent, grew up in Warsaw, Poland, but at the age of 25 was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.I had never met him, never spoken to him, never seen him.


Never forgotten

It was as if I had been there before. Poland-so desolate, so isolated, so foreign-yet standing at the Umschlagplatz memorial this past February sparked a sensation that ran through me and made the scene almost familiar.My grandfather, Moshe Kriegsman, whose namesake I represent, grew up in Warsaw, Poland, but at the age of 25 was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.I had never met him, never spoken to him, never seen him.


Never forgotten

It was as if I had been there before. Poland-so desolate, so isolated, so foreign-yet standing at the Umschlagplatz memorial this past February sparked a sensation that ran through me and made the scene almost familiar.My grandfather, Moshe Kriegsman, whose namesake I represent, grew up in Warsaw, Poland, but at the age of 25 was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.I had never met him, never spoken to him, never seen him.


Addicted

It's midnight. You just got back from hanging out with your friends. Only now do you realize, with a sinking horror, that in about seven hours you have a 10-page paper due.


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