'Living is an honour': Bond between world's oldest Holocaust-surviving siblings forged in brutal time | CBC News

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They are believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor siblings anywhere in the world, and they live in Winnipeg.

They lived there for the next few years, sharing one pair of boots between them and enduring hunger and terrible cold in their cottage, which also served as a makeshift synagogue for the village.When the war ended in 1945, the family walked 100 kilometres to a train station to return to Poland. There the siblings learned that Eli, their grandparents and other relatives had been deported to concentration camps and put to death.

"A beautiful boy," Fink added, then stretched out his arms as if reaching for something. "I tried to save his life. It breaks my heart." "There is nothing more beautiful and wonderful for me than this, what is happening. We love to get to be together," said Singer. Fink might be the sole surviving brother, and the only sibling not living at the retirement home, but he is as close as ever to his sisters. He lives nearby and often visits, bringing a tool or two with him.

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