The tragedy that surrounds Hugo Princz is one of those unknown stories. Mr. Princz is an American citizen who survived the camps of Auschwitz and Dachau. though his wife and children did not. In 1942. Mr. Princz and his family were U.S. citizens living in Europe. He and his family were arrested by the Nazis who ignored their valid U.S. passports on the grounds that they were Jews. Princz and his family were deported to concentration camps where all but Princz were exterminated. Following the liberation. Hugo Princz. as an American. was sent to a U.S. military hospital and did not go through a displaced persons camp.
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Nazis ignored their valid U.S. passports on the grounds that they were Jews.