Gary Michaels

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

So when you were reunited with your father, he had been in the slave labor camp. And when he found you, he insisted you give him all the details of the time you were separated so he could make sure it was documented. It was those handwritten pages rediscovered years later that started the new road of discovery for you. How was your father able to survive? What happened to your mother?

So when you were reunited with your father, he had been in the slave labor camp. And when he found you, he insisted you give him all the details of the time you were separated so he could make sure it was documented. It was those handwritten pages rediscovered years later that started the new road of discovery for you. How was your father able to survive? What happened to your mother?

And what was it like rediscovering the details of your escape as an adult? What was it like?

And what was it like rediscovering the details of your escape as an adult? What was it like?

How were you able to find all that stuff out?

How were you able to find all that stuff out?

So you were actually able to reunite with some of the people who helped rescue you during that time, right?

So you were actually able to reunite with some of the people who helped rescue you during that time, right?

Right? Wow. You say the experience changed both your sense of your gratitude and also a sense of your own identity. And what identity really means. Can you explain about what identity means?

Right? Wow. You say the experience changed both your sense of your gratitude and also a sense of your own identity. And what identity really means. Can you explain about what identity means?

Again, right?

Again, right?

What was your original name?

What was your original name?

Okay.

Okay.

But that still has a place in your heart.

But that still has a place in your heart.