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Grandfather’s disbelief after finding hundreds of relatives at reunion

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The crowd at Alex Kafri’s family reunion in London in July. Photo: Ian Levine/Haaretz

Published: 7 August 2017

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Israeli survivor who thought his family was wiped out in Holocaust discovers 500 new relatives
By the time Alex Kafri tried to investigate whether anyone on his father's side had survived the war, there was no one left to ask ((Haaretz, Aug 2)
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