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Kristallnacht hell haunts Brooklyn Holocaust survivors who escaped Nazi storm troopers 72 years ago

Brooklyn sisters Ruth and Toni Usherenko were young children when Nazi storm troopers burst into their Berlin home 72 years ago, stting fire to their belongings and beating them brutally.

Ruth was struck on her back with billy-clubs and Toni still has the scar on her forehead from being pushed down the stairs by Nazi agents on Nov. 9, 1938, known as Kristallnacht, "the night of broken glass."

"I cannot forget, never," said Ruth, 80, who lives in Brighton Beach, a few doors down from Toni, now 85.

The sisters vividly remember their father's expensive silk cloths and other fabrics he used in his high-end tailor shop set afire by the Nazi soldiers....
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