Tibor Rubin

Tibor Rubin

A Hungarian Jew named who survived Mathausen concentration camp enlisted in the U.S. Army. During the Korean War he was deliberately given dangerous assignments by an anti-Semitic sergeant and was later taken P.O.W. For 30 months he kept himself and his unit alive by sneaking out and stealing food, a skill he learned while in the German concentration camp.

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