Zigmond Adler's Life During The Holocaust

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Although Zigmond Adler died at age 7, there are multiple lessons to be learned about his life and Holocaust experience. Zigmond adler was one of the 1.1 million children that died during the Holocaust. Kids were they main targets. This is something we need to make sure never happens again. This is a sad part of our history.
“Zigmond Adler was born in Liege,Belgium on July 18, 1936. Zigmond was a Czechoslovakian Jew.”(“Zigmond”) A Czechoslovakian Jew is a title given to jew who originated for the Chez Republic. When Zigmond adler was 1 year old his mother died. His dad than married 2 more times. When his father married a third time he had a kid. This was Zigmunds only sibling. (“Zigmond”).
“When Zigmond was 3 year old the

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