After finishing his training in Prague as an architect. in 1936 he married his high school sweetheart. Cyla Muller. and opened his offices in Lwow. Poland. But he was not to practice his profession for longin August of 1939. Germany and Russia signed a pact of nonaggression. and divided Poland in between them. By midSeptember. the Red Army entered Lwow and began arresting Jews. shipping them to Siberia. Many never returned. Weisenthal and his family narrowly escaped deportation by obtaining false passports. This was to be the first of many near escapes from death. But for a while at least he was luckyhe found work in a bedspring factory.
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