Holocaust Survivor Lives through Synagogue Shooting—He Was Four Minutes Late

Tré Goins-Phillips : Oct 30, 2018
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[Excerpt from Washington Post]: Samet dismissed the notion that President Trump bears responsibility for inciting anti-Semitic violence. He supports the president. "I don't fall in love with people, except my family, but I love him for what he's doing," Samet said. "Our economy is fantastic..."

[Faithwire.com] He's faced death twice. Both times, he's survived. (Image credit: The Beaver County Times/YouTube/via Fox News)

Judah Samet, 80, narrowly escaped death more than 70 years ago in Germany's Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, according to The Washington Post. He faced the same ghastly reality Saturday morning.

After World War II, Samet fled to the U.S., leaving behind his native Hungary. He almost died over the weekend, during a deadly shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue, where he's worshipped for 54 years, when the suspected gunman, who "wanted all Jews to die," killed 11 people.

"I survived the second time yesterday," Samet said, noting the violence against Jewish people "never stops."

The Holocaust survivor told the Post he never used to talk about his experiences, and the certain death he escaped. Then several years ago, "I looked around and noticed that most survivors were in their 90s, and that pretty soon, there wouldn't be anyone else in Pittsburgh to talk"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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