Auschwitz Escapee Herskovic Dies at 91

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Auschwitz Escapee Herskovic Dies at 91 Tue Mar 7, 11:12 AM ET

LOS ANGELES - William Herskovic, who escaped from Auschwitz and helped inspire Belgium's resistance to the Nazis during World War II, has died at the age of 91.

Herskovic died Friday at his Encino home after a lengthy battle with cancer, said his daughter, Patricia Herskovic.

Three months after being sent from Belgium to Auschwitz, Herskovic escaped by cutting through a chain-link fence with two other prisoners using a pair of wire cutters he had hidden. It was the first night of Hanukkah in 1942.

The three hopped a train to Breslau, Germany, but a local rabbi threw them out when they tried to tell him about the horrors at Auschwitz.

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1. I hope the local Rabbi didn't have a bad time at the

concentration camp--- like he did