A young Wolf Blitzer poses for a photo while living in Germany in the late 1940s. His parents moved there from Poland after World War II.
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A young Wolf Blitzer poses for a photo while living in Germany in the late 1940s. His parents moved there from Poland after World War II.
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Blitzer, left, is held by his babysitter in Germany with his sister Helena and his cousin Israel Friedman.
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Blitzer, left, is held by his babysitter in Germany with his sister Helena and his cousin Israel Friedman.
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Blitzer is held by his mother, Cesia.
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Blitzer is held by his mother, Cesia.
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Blitzer stands with his mother and his sister Helena in Germany in the late 1940s.
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Blitzer stands with his mother and his sister Helena in Germany in the late 1940s.
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Blitzer's father, David, holds him and his sister in the early 1950s.
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Blitzer's father, David, holds him and his sister in the early 1950s.
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Blitzer and his parents visit Niagara Falls in the 1950s. Both his mother and father are from Poland and survived the Holocaust, but they lost their parents and many other family members. Blitzer's parents met on a train while traveling between Poland and Germany looking for surviving relatives.
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Blitzer and his parents visit Niagara Falls in the 1950s. Both his mother and father are from Poland and survived the Holocaust, but they lost their parents and many other family members. Blitzer's parents met on a train while traveling between Poland and Germany looking for surviving relatives.
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Blitzer, right, is pictured with his father and his sister in Buffalo in the 1960s.
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Blitzer, right, is pictured with his father and his sister in Buffalo in the 1960s.
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Blitzer's father and his uncle Sam Friedman, seen here, opened a small deli in Buffalo called Blitzer's. Wolf used to pack eggs on Sunday mornings there.
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Blitzer's father and his uncle Sam Friedman, seen here, opened a small deli in Buffalo called Blitzer's. Wolf used to pack eggs on Sunday mornings there.
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This portrait shows Blitzer's grandparents Wolf and Chaya Zylberfuden. Both of them died in the Holocaust, but Blitzer carries on his grandfather's name.
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This portrait shows Blitzer's grandparents Wolf and Chaya Zylberfuden. Both of them died in the Holocaust, but Blitzer carries on his grandfather's name.
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Blitzer visits the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps where his paternal grandparents were killed during the Holocaust.
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Blitzer visits the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps where his paternal grandparents were killed during the Holocaust.
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Blitzer stands at the entrance to Auschwitz, where the Nazis had a slogan, "arbeit macht frei," that translates to "work will set you free."
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Blitzer stands at the entrance to Auschwitz, where the Nazis had a slogan, "arbeit macht frei," that translates to "work will set you free."
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Blitzer visits his mother in Florida in 2014.
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Blitzer visits his mother in Florida in 2014.
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