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Author of the article: Nick Lees  •  Edmonton Journal Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  4 minute read  •  Waiting in a deportation camp in Second World War Brussels, from where Jewish people were sent to concentration and extermination camps in Eastern Europe, are a group of Jewish children under five, including (back row, second and third from left) Jacques Wengrowicz (later Jack Cohen) and four-year-old twin brother Leon Wengrowicz (later Leon Cohen.) News of their plight reached Yvonne Nevejean, leader of the Children s National Care Authority in Belgium. The organization fought and saved the lives of some 150 children. The twins were flown to Canada in 1947 in a group of 1,116 youngsters and adopted by Edmonton s Harry and Lillian Cohen. Supplied

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