George and Giselle Weiss are both child survivors and natives of Belgium. George describes when he first met Giselle after he returned to Belgium from his military service in the Israel. Giselle explains how her grandmother disapproved of their romance because George was not orthodox. In 1955 George and Giselle married in Belgium and moved to the United States. February 13 2014 was George and Giselle’s 59th wedding anniversary.
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