Israel crowns 93-year-old as ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’
17 October 2018 |
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A 93-year-old great-grandmother was crowned "Miss Holocaust Survivor" on Sunday (October 14) in an annual Israeli beauty pageant designed to put a smile on women who endured the horrors of the Nazi genocide.
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