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Jan 28, 2021 Vladimir Munk traveled back to Auschwitz for the first time last year since he was a prisoner there during the Holocaust. The concentration camp is where more than a million people, mostly Jews, were murdered during World War II.
Munk is 95 years old. He lives in a retirement community in Plattsburgh and says he s looking forward to when he can go outside every day and see his friends and family. He s scheduled to be vaccinated against COVID in April.
Emily RussellHolocaust survivor from Plattsburgh reflects on trip to Auschwitz and the pandemic
Munk lives in a retirement community in Plattsburgh. He says he only started telling his Holocaust survival story after he retired. Photo: Emily Russell