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Meir Schweiger: He was forced to work at several concentration camps.
Meir Schweiger: He was forced to work at several concentration camps.

Meir Schweiger: He was forced to work at several concentration camps.

Date11/29/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
7/5/1973
Horror relived: Nathan Peipciger, holding a photo of family members, all of whom died in Nazi concentration camps except his father (bafck row, centre), says reliving Nazi horrors was necessary to bring Emst Zundel to justice
Horror relived: Nathan Peipciger, holding a photo of family members, all of whom died in Nazi concentration camps except his father (bafck row, centre), says reliving Nazi horrors was necessary to bring Emst Zundel to justice
2/27/1985
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
2/7/1985
Israel Kopyto, a retired tailor who has lived in Canada 26 years, recalls the Nuremberg Trials, which he attended as a DP camps delegate
Israel Kopyto, a retired tailor who has lived in Canada 26 years, recalls the Nuremberg Trials, which he attended as a DP camps delegate
11/28/1978
Camp's aim: Responding to allegations that counsellors at Kamp Kuriou told kids they'd burn in hell for listening to rock records, director David Bowen, sharing a joke with Michael Morrow, 13, and Sandi Melnichuk, 16, said all the camp tries to do is give kids love.
Camp's aim: Responding to allegations that counsellors at Kamp Kuriou told kids they'd burn in hell for listening to rock records, director David Bowen, sharing a joke with Michael Morrow, 13, and Sandi Melnichuk, 16, said all the camp tries to do is give kids love.
9/1/1981
Metro engineer Zdzislaw Przygoda recalls Christmas 1944 as a young Pole in a concentration camp near Stuttgart.
Metro engineer Zdzislaw Przygoda recalls Christmas 1944 as a young Pole in a concentration camp near Stuttgart.
12/15/1986
After working six years at summer camps for disabled kids, Harry McMurtry will run his own this summer, at Kilcoo near Minden.
After working six years at summer camps for disabled kids, Harry McMurtry will run his own this summer, at Kilcoo near Minden.
6/10/1984
I have no bad feelings about it anymore, says 48-year-old Henry Specht of his five years in Russian labor camps
I have no bad feelings about it anymore, says 48-year-old Henry Specht of his five years in Russian labor camps
1/9/1977
First-hand view: Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II were the rule, not the exception, says Dr. George Kulchycky, above, with pictures of family members who died in prison camps.
First-hand view: Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II were the rule, not the exception, says Dr. George Kulchycky, above, with pictures of family members who died in prison camps.
6/11/1980
Spring training: Who wants to wait for baseball's official training camps to start? Not the fans who have signed up for Seneca College's Baseball Spring Training for Fans course.
Spring training: Who wants to wait for baseball's official training camps to start? Not the fans who have signed up for Seneca College's Baseball Spring Training for Fans course.
2/9/1980
Still fighting: In Worl War II Don Elliot spent 3 1/2 years in prisoner of war camps.
Still fighting: In Worl War II Don Elliot spent 3 1/2 years in prisoner of war camps.
1/14/1993
We don't want to let (the situation) go till the last minute, till we have pictures of babies dying in (refugee) camps, says Bill Tieleman, Ontario's fundraising director for Oxfam-Canada
We don't want to let (the situation) go till the last minute, till we have pictures of babies dying in (refugee) camps, says Bill Tieleman, Ontario's fundraising director for Oxfam-Canada
12/31/1987