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Gogglebox's Pete Sandiford breaks down in tears on show as he's supported by fans
21.05.2022 - 20:05 / ok.co.uk
Gogglebox’s Pete Sandiford broke down in tears during Friday’s episode of the show when he watched a particularly poignant episode of The Repair Shop. The dad of one, 26, teared up during the episode as fans flocked to social media to support him saying they’d also be "sobbing like him".
Pete and his co-star sister Sophie saw Gary Fisher bring a Jewish prayer book owned by his grandparents, Emanuel and Gisela, into The Repair Shop's barn. Gary's grandparents had been unable to flee Austria after it was annexed by Germany in 1938 and at the height of world war two and were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.
"They were in a concentration camp and they never knew when their time was going to be up, but they had their religion, they had their faith and that must have been a real comfort to them to never give up," said Gary. Sadly, many other members of Gary’s family didn’t survive the camps, but his grandparents did and at the end of the war they were liberated along with the book He added: "My grandfather wrote a poem, but when they were liberated, he asked people that were liberated to sign the book, so there are about 50 signatures.
"It’s so fragile – I think it needs to go somewhere where it can be seen by others." Pete was emotional as Gary returned to The Repair Shop to see the book after being restored. He told Sophie: “Why am I already welling up here? I've not even seen the b****y book," to which she replied: "That's sent you under, hasn't it? Awww." Sophie eventually cracked herself at Gary's overwhelmed reaction to the beautifully-restored book, telling her brother: “God, he is breaking my heart.” Become an OK! VIP and see all our exclusives - for free! Become an OK! VIP and you will
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The Repair Shop fans in tears with heartbreaking Jewish prayer book signed by Holocaust survivors
Viewers tuning in to watch The Repair Shop were brought to tears on Wednesday evening as the experts were tasked with repairing a Jewish prayer book that had survived the Holocaust. Repair Shop's book binder Chris Shaw was taked with fixing the item, brought in by Gary Fisher, which had belonged to his Austrian grandparents Emanuel and Gisela.The couple had been unable to flee Austria after it was annexed by Germany in 1938 and at the height of world war two and were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.
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