Holocaust survivor living in Snohomish County ready to tell his storyEverett Herald
By Julie Muhlstein
George Beykovsky came to Snohomish County by way of Ecuador, but his story is neither of here nor there.
The 78-year-old Everett man is a Holocaust survivor.He never spent time in a concentration camp, but his family's flight from Slovakia in 1939 is one example of how the diaspora of Jews during World War II affected countless people.
While researching his family's history, he has tracked down and contacted relatives in Canada, in Great Britain, and many in Israel.
“They all scattered,” he said.
It's a story Beykovsky has only been telling since the 2006 shootings at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. After gunman Naveed Afzal Haq's rampage injured several people and killed one woman, Beykovsky decided to make a donation to the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center....Read complete article
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