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...Here is a gentleman who had seen enough senseless death and violence perpetrated on innocents in his life that he gave his life Monday to prevent seeing more. He had his priorities in order, perhaps, more than the rest of us. Godspeed sir, and mission accomplished.

Let's all try to be a little "better" in his memory.



Here is a link to a more compete article on the wondrous soul Liviu Librescu

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When Romania joined forces with Nazi Germany in World War II, he (Liviu Librescu) was first interned in a labor camp in Transnistria and then deported along with his family and thousands of other Jews to a central ghetto in the city of Focsani, his son said. According to a report compiled by the Romanian government in 2004, between 280,000 and 380,000 Jews were killed by Romania's Nazi-allied regime during the war.


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