Thinking each other had perished in the Holocaust during World War II, two cousins were miraculously reunited after 75 years apart.
Morris Sana, 87, and Simon Mairowitz, 85, were cousins and best friends growing up in Romania until they were ripped apart by the Nazi invasion of Romania in 1940. Their families fled the country separately and the cousins grew up assuming each other had died in the Holocaust along with six million other Jewish men, women, and children.
More than half a century later, Sana’s niece and daughter connected with Mairowitz’s family on Facebook and, after discovering that the long lost friends were both living, set up a meeting in Tel Aviv.
The men joyfully embraced in a heartwarming encounter this Saturday, both overcome with emotion. “Good to see you,” Sana said to his long lost friend. Mairowitz responded through tears of joy, “Good to see you too after all these years … Seventy-five years you waited.”
“I imagine you when you were a little boy,” Sana said to Mairowitz, through his own tears. “I’m glad to see you.”
“So am I,” Mairowitz said. “Very, very glad.”
After Nazis invaded Romania during the Holocaust, these cousins were separated and thought they were both killed. Now, 75 years, they’re seeing each other again for the first time. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/X7tElwMnSa
— People (@people) September 25, 2019
