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7.10.13

Small Steps

Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.
 

October 7, 1935: Happy 78th birthday, Thomas Keneally! The Australian novelist walked into a leather goods store owned by Holocaust surviver Poldek Pfefferberg, who told him about being rescued by Oskar Schindler; the encounter inspired a book which became Oscar-winning film Schindler's List.

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