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Phil Weiser: “US Soldiers showing up five days after my mom was born in…”

Featuring: Phil Weiser, Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado

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Colorado Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Debate

Published | Video Starts at 57:25

Mr. Wiser, my why for service is what I said in my last answer. The fact that I'm alive is a miracle. US Soldiers showing up five days after my mom was born in the Buchenwald concentration camp. And my grandmother was an amazing woman, and she had a commitment in her mind after she survived the Holocaust to come to America. She believed in this land of freedom and opportunity for. (57:25–57:32)

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Asserts that US Soldiers arrived at Buchenwald concentration camp five days after his mother was born.

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