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Sabina Zimering is a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust and now lives in Minnesota.  She and her sister made it through the war by pretending to be Catholics, while at the same time working in a hotel full of German soldiers.  A play based on her story is currently on stage at the History Theatre in St. Paul.

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Sabina Zimering is a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust and now lives in Minnesota.  She and her sister made it through the war by pretending to be Catholics, while at the same time working in a hotel full of German soldiers.  A play based on her story is currently on stage at the History Theatre in St. Paul.


Elizabeth Strohfus is among about 1000 women who will receive a Congressional Gold Medal today for their service during World War II.  As Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, these women tested and transported planes in the U.S. so that male pilots could go overseas for combat.  They were the first women to fly military planes, and their work was extremely dangerous.

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