{"id":105921,"date":"2021-10-14T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=105921"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:24:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T22:24:53","slug":"npr-eddie-jaku-holocaust-survivor-and-self-proclaimed-happiest-man-on-earth-dies-at-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=105921","title":{"rendered":"(NPR) Eddie Jaku, Holocaust survivor and self-proclaimed happiest man on Earth, dies at 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite his experiences, he refused to let loss or hate consume him.<\/p>\n

“I do not hate anyone,” Jaku said. “Hate is a disease which may destroy your enemy but will also destroy you in the process.”<\/p>\n

Choosing kindness and tolerance was also the premise of Jaku’s memoir, The Happiest Man on Earth, which he published last year at age 100.<\/p>\n

Jaku was also part of the group of survivors that co-founded the Sydney Jewish Museum in 1992, and volunteered there for the past three decades, according to a remembrance from Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A story worth listening to @NPR<\/a>. "I made the promise that from that day until the end of my life, I promised to be happy, smile, be polite, helpful, and kind."
Eddie Jaku, Holocaust survivor and self-proclaimed happiest man on Earth, dies at 101 https:\/\/t.co\/HqKLj6Qn7A<\/a><\/p>\n

— Emily Murphy (@passthepistil) October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n