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David Schaecter shares his life story from a childhood amidst vineyards in Czechoslovakia to his struggle for survival in Auschwitz and eventual dramatic escape from the Nazis. The only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, David would eventually immigrate to the United States. Through his story, viewers witness the cruelty of intolerance, but also the power and will of the human spirit.

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A Call to Remember
A Call to Remember
David Schaecter shares his life story from childhood to a dramatic escape from the Nazis.
Special: 26:46
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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