As I entered Auschwitz beneath the gate, which bears the phrase “Arbeit Macht Frei,” I thought of the thousands of prisoners forced to pass the gate twice a day.
Gov. Ned Lamont and Republican gubernatorial challenger Bob Stefanowski found more common ground during an online forum Monday than they have throughout this year’s campaign.
Appearing sequentially on a forum sponsored by the Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut, the two candidates both welcomed Ukrainian refugees, stressed the importance of Holocaust history in Connecticut schools and maneuvered carefully around the question of expanding the state’s social safety net.