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Sons of Nazi concentration camp survivor meet for first time

Two sons of a Nazi concentration camp survivor have met for the first time after discovering each other while researching their father's wartime history.

Peter Beschorner, said he was overjoyed at meeting the half-brother he did not know he had.

Mr Beschorner, 67, was searching for information about his Jewish father, Hans, a former inmate at the Dachau Nazi concentration camp, who later fled to Britain.

He had no idea he had a brother, Klaus Mueller, 76, who was also doing the same.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)