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> [You have to understand that I'm a child of the second generation, which means my mother was in Auschwitz, and the aunt of my mother was in Auschwitz with her; my grandmother and grandfather died there. So yes. All of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chantal-akerman/you-have-to-understand-that-i-m-a-child-of-the-second-generation/)

[Chantal Akerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chantal-akerman/)

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