Born into a poor family in Salonika, Greece, Shlomo Venezia was arrested at the age of 21, in March 1944, and deported with his family to Auschwitz-Birkenau where he lost his mother and two sisters.

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He lost his pregnant mother, father, brother and seven other members of his family.

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Dorner said in his online rant that after his dismissal he lost everything, including his relationships with his mother, sister and close friends.

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Uday said he had lost his temper because he believed that Jajo was upsetting his mother.

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Rafal Nowak, 31, told Catherine Wells-Burr's mother, Jayne, that he had "lost his world and his future".

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Resident Joe Kiener, 53, lost the home he had lived in since it was bought by his mother in the 1970s.

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"Only his mother appeared before the judge to say that she had lost control of her son after he left the house at about age 11, " the prosecutor, said.

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