Public Speaking/Radio
Liberation of Auschwitz 73rd
LEON SCHAGRIN IS A SURVIVOR OF THE NAZI HOLO- CAUST. I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE AUTHOR OF HIS STORY IN 2011. EACH YEAR, LEON CELEBRATES JANUARY 27TH. THIS IS THE DAY HE WAS LIBERATED FROM THE AUSCHWITZ I.G. FARBEN CONCENTRATION CAMP 78 YEARS AGO. WE DID A RIVETTING SIT-DOWN DISCUSSION WITH HIM AT THE DEERFIELD BEACH HIS- TORICAL CENTER. BEHIND LEON IS MY PAINTING OF JEWS ON HORSEBACK FROM AN AREA VERY CLOSE TO WHERE HE GREW UP. LEON TOOK CARE OF A GIANT GELDING. THIS HORSE BECAME A CARRIAGE HORSE, AND LEON BECAME THE DRIVER. AS SUCH, HE WITNESSED MANY ATROCITIES.
IF YOU FORGET THE PAST YOU HAVE NO FUTURE. - -LEON SCHAGRIN
THE HORSE ADJUTANT
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