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Monique Joseph celebrating her 98th birthday in Berkeley, April 14, 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Nadine Joseph)

Monique Joseph

Monique Joseph of Berkeley was born in Cologne, Germany in 1924 and fled to France with her family in 1933. She was imprisoned twice, escaped on New Year’s Eve 1942 and lived the rest of the war in hiding with false papers.

The war in Ukraine was on the mind of Monique Joseph as she celebrated her 98th birthday.
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As a Holocaust survivor, I feel angst over what’s going on in Ukraine 

Monique Joseph celebrating her 98th birthday in Berkeley, April 14, 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Nadine Joseph) by Monique Joseph April 18, 2022May 11, 2022

This should be a week of celebration for me: turning 98 in Berkeley, still walking with a spring (and not a walker!), with most of my wits, a lot of […]

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