A former SS soldier finds his true calling as a member of the Chosen Nation
Photos Mendel Photography
o those who see him shopping in the kosher grocery in Edgware, London, a velvet yarmulke atop his snowy mane, Yitzchak von Schweitzer is another friendly older face in an increasingly chareidi and youthful neighborhood. Still active at 97 years old, he could be anyone’s great-grandfather.
Even if you happen to know his name, with its aristocratic Germanic overtones, or catch the shades of South African in his accent, there’s no hint of anything out of the ordinary.
But Yitzchak von Schweitzer is no run-of-the-mill retiree, come to spend his golden years puttering around this sedate London suburb.
He’s a man who’s been on a journey and a man with a past — one that contrasts strangely with his current humdrum surroundings.
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