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A Dream Renewed: The Epstein Family

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Arriving in New York in April 1947, Regina and Kalman Epstein were among the first World War II refugees to be allowed into the United States. The Epsteins found a new beginning in America free from the horror of the concentration camps and free to practice their Jewish beliefs.

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