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Benjamin and Ben Search for Long Lost Friends

Introduction to Benjamin and Ben who are both searching for long lost friends.

Aired 11/20/2018 | Rating NR

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Benjamin and Ben Search for Long Lost Friends

Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 44sVideo has Closed Captions

Introduction to Benjamin and Ben who are both searching for long lost friends.

Ninety-year-old Holocaust survivor Benjamin Lesser describes losing his family in the horrors of the concentration camps during WWII. He’s looking for the fellow survivor who became like a brother to him. Ben Alalouf describes arriving in the USA in 1944 on the USS Henry Gibbons, a troop carrier sent to help Jews fleeing the Nazis.

Aired 11/20/2018 | Rating NR

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Ben Arrives in the US and befriends Seka

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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 3m 34s | Ben describes arriving at the military camp in Oswego and befriending Seka. (3m 34s)

Benjamin Describes Arriving at Auschwitz

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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 2m 22s | Holocaust survivor Benjamin Lesser describes arriving on a cattle car at Auschwitz. (2m 22s)

Episode 2 Preview | Surviving the Holocaust

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Preview: S2 Ep2 | 30s | Holocaust survivors search for those who gave them hope in their darkest days. (30s)

Journey to the US on the USS Henry Gibbons

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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 1m 51s | Ben describes running from the Nazis with his family and their journey to the US on the US (1m 51s)

When Benjamin First Met Moshe

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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 4m 19s | Benjamin describes waking up in St. Ottilien and befriending Moshe. (4m 19s)

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