Siblings reunited 65 years after Holocaust

[Bluebear]

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JERUSALEM - Hilda Shlick thought she lost nearly all her family in the Holocaust — until her Internet-savvy grandsons located her 81-year-old brother in Canada.

"After 65 years, I have found the sister who I love," Simon Glasberg said Monday in heavily accented English, his eyes filling with tears. "I can't stop kissing her.

Using the database of Holocaust victims at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial, two of Shlick's grandchildren, Benny and David, began unearthing a mystery spanning six decades and three continents...

When Glasberg, who lives near Ottawa, Canada, saw his gray-haired little sister for the first time, he recognized her immediately, he said. "I felt I couldn't talk. I just cried," he said. "You don't understand, 65 years ..." His voice trailed off...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/israel_holocaust_reunion

[havocmom]

1. A little good news for the heart

Thanks, Bluebear

[bonito]

2. Bittersweet, If only we would learn

to put life before ideologies. peace

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. very sweet.

I'm so glad they found each other.