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Most of us are not fully aware of the dastardly role that Fascist Hungary played as Hitler’s military ally which included murdering and torturing Jews. This gripping video exposes this missing link.
While on the back of a Nazi-Hungarian truck, Aaron refuses to surrender his watch to the big Hungarian guard who demands it. A furious fight to the death ensues. How does Aaron get out of this dilemma?
When at last Aaron escapes from the Nazis and joins the Russian Army, he becomes enamored with their rousing marching songs. The entire Russian brigade sang the tune together as they drove the Germans out of Russia. Aaron loved music and he sang and played these songs on his mandolin as a youth, so he sang along and bonded with his Russian comrades as brothers. The main marching tune is actually a Ukrainian folk song.
When Aaron and Helen immigrated to America in 1948, Aaron joined his older brothers in the laundry business. In this video, we see a different side of Aaron— his unique sense of humor, which included his ability to make fun of himself, as other family members try to impersonate Aaron, as boss of the laundry plant.
Aaron’s wife Helen grew up in a religious orthodox family. Her two most pious brothers, Hillel and Wolf, aspired to be rabbis. Aaron pokes some good-natured fun at their zealous piety. When Helen’s brother Wolf gets drafted into the Czechoslovakian Army dressed in orthodox garb, he instantly becomes the laughing-stock of the whole regiment, able to speak only Yiddish and Hebrew, refusing to eat the army’s non-kosher food. Although Aaron jokes about Wolf’s plight at first, he soon comes to Wolf’s rescue, risking his own military career, but ingratiating himself with Helen’s family as Wolf’s savior.