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Probably the one that stays with me the most is, um,

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the first one I ever worked with

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and edited in a very intensive way.

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And that's Rachel Shtibel's, The Violin.

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One of the reasons I remember it the most is

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because of my role in bringing it out, but it's also

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because of the story itself and

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because of the person. You know, I got to know Rachel

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and adore her.

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And her story is an amazing story.

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It's a story of exceptional trauma,

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of surviving literally in a hole in the ground

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and of surviving

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not only that, and the horrors of the Holocaust,

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but also of sexual abuse, um, while she was hiding.

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It's trauma upon trauma,

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and yet the most exceptional resilience

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in the postwar period.

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And she was

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willing to engage with her own memories,

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with her own experiences in a way

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that I think was very unusual with good humor and grace,

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and the most exceptional resilience.

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And she's just the loveliest person.

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Hi everybody, I'm Rachel Shtibel

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and I was during the Holocaust, I was a child survivor.

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So that stays with me.

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Rachel Shtibel stays with me.