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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell kisses survivor Fritzie Fritzshall after the lighting of a candle in memory of Holocaust victims Thursday April 2, 2009, in Skokie, Ill. Powell delivered the keynote address later at the Inaugural Ball of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

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(Chicago Tribune photo by Abel Uribe / April 2, 2009)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell kisses survivor Fritzie Fritzshall after the lighting of a candle in memory of Holocaust victims Thursday April 2, 2009, in Skokie, Ill. Powell delivered the keynote address later at the Inaugural Ball of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

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