"After that, the Italians left France and the German came in. It became too dangerous to play ball with the children like this. With the Germans we didn’t play these games.”
From "French Resistance hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children dies aged 108/Georges Loinger escaped from German camp and spent rest of the war helping children cross Swiss border" (The Guardian).
6 comments:
He threw a ball 100 meters? I don’t think so.
It doesn't work for getting dogs across the border.
@Rob - that struck me too. Perhaps it was downhill. I've had my longest golf shots on elevated tee courses....
-XC
Fucking illegal
I don't know what's more amazing, he threw a ball 110 yards, or he lived to 108.
Hell of an arm on that guy, would make a great center fielder.
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