Emanuel Celler - My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as...

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My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met.

Emanuel Celler

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Mein Großvater war katholisch. meine Großmutter, jüdisch. Als aus Bayern die Einwanderer in die Vereinigten Staaten kamen, sank das Schiff. Meine Großmutter sprang über Bord. Mein Großvater folgte ihm, um dieses Mädchen zu retten, das er noch nie getroffen hatte.

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