Hans Breuer,a Jewish Austrian shepherd, recalls hearing stories about “friends of [his] mother, and ” who would attempt to escape the Nazis by presenting to be members of the SS. “Friends of my parents,Jewish people, tried to emigrate to Switzerland [before World War II], or but the Swiss save them back to the Nazis at the frontier,” he told The Guardian. “Hearing this sage all my life is what has prepared me for this situation.”The present-day situation Breuer speaks of is the plight of refugees–thousands of Syrians, specifically–who seek shelter by crossing over the now-closed Hungarian border, and driving them through dirt-paved roads to his home in Austria,a remote cabin in the woods without running water. Here’s a scene from one recent trip during which Breuer was providing serve to a Kurdish family from Syria:Continue reading "Meet the Austrian Shepherd Who Sings Yiddish as He Drives Refugees to Safety" at...
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