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Subject : Marcel Braitstein
Director: Natalie Pendergast & Catherine Cooper
Lived in: Charlottetown, Halifax, Halifax
Tags: War, Holocaust, WWII, Jewish, Family, Belgium, Christian
Left orphaned by the Holocaust, Marcel Braitstein came to Montreal in an attempt to rediscover the identity he had lost while assuming a Christian name in Belgium. After carving out his own path through art school and teaching, he found his niche as a sculptor and writer while finding home in Canada.
