Moose Blinkler Research Paper

One of the many who did not make it through the Holocaust was a young man by the name of Moshe Flinkler. He was born on October 9, 1926 in the Hague, Netherlands to a moderately wealthy Jewish family. Before the Nazis took over, Moshe was an avid student with a propensity for studying languages, especially Hebrew. When the Nazis invaded, Moshe and his family fled to Belgium, where they hoped to pass as Christians. This proved to be a false hope when the Nazis stormed their apartment on April 7, 1944. That same year, Moshe would die at Auschwitz, alongside his family.
The best characterization of my reaction upon hearing Moshe’s story is a kind of dull melancholy. Over my lifetime, I have heard countless stories like this, detailing the abuses