Ernie Feld And Werner Klemke: A Brief Analysis

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Ernie Feld and Werner Klemke were both part of world war II and survived the holocaust. In tough situations they never gave up and powered through it until the war was finally over. Although they were the only ones to survive in their family both men saved lives beside their own. Both inspired jewish people by showing them there is always hope and to never give up. They both used their talents to get threw the war and help other people. Now that their stories are out there they show the world what never give up hope really means. Both Ernie and Werner knew that they were doing the right thing. Ernie a gifted baker, was a baker until the nazis came to his home in Czechoslovakia and took him away. While on his way to a concentration camp, an

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