My dear and cherished friend, Dr. Lusia Hornstein, director of pediatrics at CCDD at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, has been dead for several years. She is the first person I knew personally that had the dreaded tattoo on her arm. She and her husband, also an M.D. both escaped the camps, lost their parents and still managed to educate themselves and find ways to not only survive but to give their great brains and dedicated lives to the service of humanity.
Lusia was gifted with great intelligence and great kindness and humility too. I honor her memory and also those of all who suffered and died during the holocaust.
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It is better to laugh than to cry.
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