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cian, a member of the Israeli senate, the Knesset. Gitl,
known throughout the country as Tante Gitl and Gitl
the Bear, organized a rescue mission dedicated to sal-
vaging the lives of young survivors and locating the
remnants of their families. It later became an adoptioa
agency, the finest in the Mideast. She called it after her
young niece, who had died a hero in the camps: CHAYA.
Life.
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