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Month: September 2021

Jadwiga (L) and Fela (R) wrote to Jurzyk's great-grandfather after the war to thank him for saving their lives.

Long-lost letter reunites families of two Jewish sisters and the Polish farmer who saved them from the Nazis

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN As a child growing up in Sweden, Karolina Jurzyk didn’t pay much attention to her grandfather’s tales of wartime Poland. Now, however, thanks to a long-forgotten letter, Jurzyk, 35, has uncovered the truth about how her family rescued and hid two Jewish sisters from the Nazis. Having moved to Stockholm as

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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks at a campaign stop on September 6 in Welland

Polls close in Canada election as Trudeau seeks to fend off conservative rival

By Paula Newton and Luke McGee, CNN Polls have officially closed in Canada for a tightly contested general election pitting incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau against conservative rival Erin O’Toole. With multiple time zones, Canada’s polling stations closed at staggered times throughout the evening on Monday, but Elections Canada said in a tweet that those

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