My father's mother was a secular Jew who died in Auschwitz. I only found out as an adult because my father never talked about it. He was a secularist and never defined himself in ethnic terms - partly, I think, because he was scared; partly out of the habit of not talking of such things; partly because he didn't like being defined by other people.
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"My father's mother was a secular Jew who died in Auschwitz. I only found out as an adult because my father never talked about it. He was a secularist and never defined himself in ethnic terms - partly, I think, because he was scared; partly out of the habit of not talking of such things; partly because he didn't like being defined by other people." — Pawel Pawlikowski #familyparenting
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My father's mother was a secular Jew who died in Auschwitz. I only found out as an adult because my father never talked about it. He was a secularist and never defined himself in ethnic terms - partly, I think, because he was scared; partly out of the habit of not talking of such things; partly because he didn't like being defined by other people. — Pawel Pawlikowski
About Pawel Pawlikowski
Pawel Pawlikowski was a Director from Poland (1957–present).
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This quote is attributed to Pawel Pawlikowski, a Director from Poland.
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Pawel Pawlikowski lived from 1957 – present.
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