And she came from very religious family, from Hasidut Alexander and the rabbis there told him, God is everywhere, God is in Zion and God is in Poland, you don't need to leave. And by the way, most of the community stayed there. But My mother, 18 years old, saw it's written on the wall and said to her mother, no, Mommy. I learned about the Inquisition, I learned about the pogroms and I'm leaving. And she left. The same thing with my father. He finished high school, in order to go to college, he had to stand on the side on the wall. (26:06–26:19)
CLAIM
Asserts that Miriam Adelson's mother left Poland due to perceived anti-Semitism.
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