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‘Shark Tank’ Investor Daniel Lubetzky Shares Clip of Father Retelling Experience at Dachau Concentration Camp
Daniel Lubetzky, CEO of KIND LLC, accepts the Civility and Compassion Award during The Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards Nov. 04, 2023. Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect
Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND Snacks and an investor on the ABC series “Shark Tank,” posted on social media an archival video clip of his father discussing his experience as a prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday.
The entrepreneur’s late father, Roman Lubetzky, along with Daniel’s uncle and grandmother survived the Dachau concentration camp in Germany when it was liberated by soldiers in the US Army. Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945.
Daniel posted on Instagram a snippet of a two-hour interview in which his father recounted his experiences in Dachau. The Jewish Mexican-American entrepreneur said the clip should “remind us of our duty to prevent something like this from ever happening again.”
“Let’s commit to learning lessons from the past so that the worst parts of history don’t repeat themselves — and so that we may all build a better future together,” Daniel added in the post.
In the video that Daniel shared, which is also available for viewing on YouTube, Roman first talked about how Nazis tried to dehumanize Jews in the streets of Europe during the Holocaust. For example, he said Jews could not walk on the sidewalks and were forced to bow in front of German Nazi soldiers and later go down on their knees in front of German troops.
In 1944, Rom`n and his family were sent in cattle cars to the Dachau concentration camp. In the video clip, Roman detailed inhuman conditions that Jews experienced in the cattle cars and later in the Nazi camp. “People were dying and starving like flies,” he said in part. “They had very effective ways of killing you by the way they fed you, hit you, and the way they treated you. People were dying in very large amounts. Surrounding that was constant harassment and constant, constant moments of fear.”
When it was first announced in September 2024 that Daniel would join the “Shark Tank” team as an investor, he said he hoped his Jewish Mexican mother Sonia was “proud” of him and that his father “is looking from above and seeing not just what I’ve achieved but how I’ve achieved it — by trying my very best to always follow the values he taught me.”
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Putin Speaks to Trump, Condemns Israel’s Strikes on Iran, Kremlin Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meet in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to US President Donald Trump for 50 minutes on Saturday, condemning the Israeli military operation against Iran and expressing concern about the risks of escalation, the Kremlin said.
“Vladimir Putin condemned Israel’s military operation against Iran and expressed serious concern about a possible escalation of the conflict, which would have unpredictable consequences for the entire situation in the Middle East,” Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
Trump, for his part, described events in the Middle East as “very alarming,” according to Ushakov. But the two leaders said they do not rule out a return to the negotiating track on Iran’s nuclear program, Ushakov said.
On Ukraine, Putin told the US leader that Russia was ready to continue negotiations with the Ukrainians after June 22, according to state news agency RIA.
Trump reiterated his interest in a speedy resolution to the conflict, the Kremlin aide said.
Putin also congratulated Trump on his 79th birthday.
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Sunday’s US-Iran Nuclear Talks Cancelled, Oman Says
FILE PHOTO: Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi attends a meeting with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia July 11, 2023. Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
The latest round of US-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for Sunday in Muscat will not take place, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said on X on Saturday. Oman has been mediating the talks.
Albusaidi’s statement came a day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against Iran, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it building an atomic weapon.
A senior official of US President Donald Trump’s administration, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Sunday’s talks had been cancelled.
Washington, however, remained committed to the negotiations and hoped “the Iranians will come to the table soon,” the official said.
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Iran Says Talks with US ‘Meaningless’ After Israel Attack, But Yet to Decide on Attending
USA and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken, Sept. 8, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Iran said the dialogue with the US over Tehran’s nuclear program is “meaningless” after Israel’s biggest-ever military strike against its longstanding enemy, but said it is yet to decide on whether to attend planned talks on Sunday.
“The other side (the US) acted in a way that makes dialogue meaningless. You cannot claim to negotiate and at the same time divide work by allowing the Zionist regime (Israel) to target Iran’s territory,” state media on Saturday quoted foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei as saying.
“It is still unclear what decision we will make on Sunday in this regard,” Baghaei was quoted as saying.
He said Israel “succeeded in influencing” the diplomatic process and the Israeli attack would not have happened without Washington’s permission, accusing Washington of supporting the attack.
Iran earlier accused the US of being complicit in Israel’s attacks, but Washington denied the allegation and told Tehran at the United Nations Security Council that it would be “wise” to negotiate over its nuclear program.
The sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks was set to be held on Sunday in Muscat, but it was unclear whether it would go ahead after the Israeli strikes.
Iran denies that its uranium enrichment program is for anything other than civilian purposes, rejecting Israeli allegations that it is secretly developing nuclear weapons.
US President Donald Trump told Reuters that he and his team had known the Israeli attacks were coming but they still saw room for an accord.
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