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Hate breeds hate.
This Holocaust survivor's seminar lasted approximately an hour and a half, but perhaps it wasn't long enough for Jacobs to adequately relay all of the atrocities he experienced as a teenager from 1941 to 1945 by his Nazi captors. Jacobs said Jewish families were given five to 10 minutes to leave their homes before Nazis marched them to railroad stations. A Nazi sergeant assigned Jacobs the task of cleaning out Jewish homes of belongings. Sometimes while searching the walls or ripping away the floors of these homes, Jacobs found Jewish people trying to hide. Once discovered, they were taken out of the homes and shot by the Nazis.