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Boston resident donates rare Holocaust-era pendant to museum, honors mother’s legacy

Por: The Boston Globe Nation September 23, 2022

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After Boston resident Andi Pollinger’s mother died of breast cancer, she inherited a triangular pendant engraved with her mother’s birth date, a green Jewish star, the name of her home city, Frankfurt, and the word ‘Shaddai,’ which means God in Hebrew. For Pollinger, the charm was a simple way to remember the late Ruth Wermuth, who survived Nazi Germany and died when Pollinger was only 12 years old, alongside the other belongings she... + full article



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