३१ डिसेंबर, २०१८

"I threw the ball 100 metres towards the Swiss border and told the children to run and get the ball. They ran after the ball and this is how they crossed."

"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).

६ टिप्पण्या:

Rob म्हणाले...

He threw a ball 100 meters? I don’t think so.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

It doesn't work for getting dogs across the border.

Expat(ish) म्हणाले...

@Rob - that struck me too. Perhaps it was downhill. I've had my longest golf shots on elevated tee courses....

-XC

Howard म्हणाले...

Fucking illegal

rcocean म्हणाले...

I don't know what's more amazing, he threw a ball 110 yards, or he lived to 108.

stevew म्हणाले...

Hell of an arm on that guy, would make a great center fielder.