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Holocaust survivor Judah Samet, left, is joined on stage by Rabbi Francine Roston on Monday evening, May 6, at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. So many of Samet’s statements are horrifyingly blunt. He does not mince his words: — “We were reduced to one meal a day. The starvation had begun.” — “The buttons on the uniforms of the Gestapo were skulls, they indicated what they were — they were killers.” — At some of the death camps “within 15 minutes of arrival you were coming out of the smoke stacks.” — “When you are starved almost to death modesty disappears, most desire disappeared, and we lost our sense of smell. The only smell I still remember is burning flesh — that smell is so terrible you can’t forget it. I know I can’t. I think of it, and still smell it.”(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

Holocaust survivor Judah Samet, left, is joined on stage by Rabbi Francine Roston on Monday evening, May 6, at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. So many of Samet’s statements are horrifyingly blunt. He does not mince his words: — “We were reduced to one meal a day. The starvation had begun.” — “The buttons on the uniforms of the Gestapo were skulls, they indicated what they were — they were killers.” — At some of the deat…

May 8, 2019

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Holocaust, synagogue shooting survivor shares powerful story

Judah Samet is not a tall man. He is not physically imposing. He does not even have a big, booming voice. But when he speaks, the power of his testimony of survival holds the audience captive to his story.