Eighty years after diabolical German leader Adolf Hitler went on a reign of terror, killing millions of Jewish men, women, and children, the stories of pain, horror, loss, and tragedy continue to reverberate.
Listen to them on the latest episode of “Quick Start.”
Victims like Jochen “Jack” Wurfl educate today’s generations about what unfolded, with his new book, “My Two Lives,” released just weeks before Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel.
Wurfl opened up in an interview with CBN News about the traumatic events he experienced during World War II as his mother, who was Jewish, and father, a Catholic, both lost their lives during the Holocaust.
“I remember back to my age 4 and I lived with my parents in Austria,” he said, noting his father worked in government and knew Hitler’s annexation would soon come. “My parents decided that, at that point, it would be safer for me to be in Berlin, where my grandparents lived, than to stay in Austria.”
Wurfl and his brother, Peter, were sent away to keep them safe. Another factor allowing the children to blend in and escape Hitler’s wrath was their mixed background.
“My parents decided very wisely to have us baptized Catholic,
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