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My Name Was Number 133909 and I Sang

Murray Brandys - husband, father, uncle, son-in-law and friend - shares his story.Β 

Murray was captured by German soldiers in 1939 and give No. 133909. He was 14 years old, and worked five years in Nazi labor and concentration camps. He weight 60 pounds when his camp was finally liberated by Allied Forces in 1945, when he was 20.

This is a story Murray has not told until now.Β 

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