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Yiddish Radio Project: 'Reunion'

All Things Considered, May 21, 2002 · In 1947, a radio program called Reunion debuted. The first broadcast features the heart-wrenching story of Siegbert Freiberg, and a surprise on-air reconnecting of Freiberg with his father.

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Carol, who listens to KPCC in Southern California.

"Even now, thinking about [this story] makes my eyes water. Listening to it [at the time], I was in rush hour traffic, which is not the time to cry because you are following the car in front of you so closely [and] tears really distort the real distance."

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