Mel Mermelstein, Auschwitz survivor who shut down Holocaust deniers, dies at 95
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Mel Mermelstein was just 17 when he and his family were taken from Hungary to the Auschwitz death camp, where his family and more than a million others were killed during the Holocaust. Mermelstein survived and fulfilled a promise to his father that he would let the world know what happened in the camps. Mermelstein grappled with Holocaust deniers, including a group hosting an essay competition. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.Feb. 6, 2022
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