Pete Sandiford and Gogglebox viewers were all left sobbing over emotional scenes from The Repair Shop yesterday (Friday May 20).
Other favourites from the couch potato critic series – including Pete’s sister Sophie – also sobbed as a treasured heirloom was restored.
Gary Fisher had brought his family’s prayer book in to be mended.
It belonged to his grandparents when they were imprisoned in a concentration camp during World War Two and so held very special significance.
‘Lucky to survive’
Gary explained his grandparents were “lucky” to survive the Theresienstadt camp in Czechoslovakia as many of their relatives did not.
He also told an astonished Jay Blades and bookbinder Christopher Shaw how the Jewish prayer book brought comfort to his grandparents.
Showing them the Hebrew and German translations within, Gary highlighted illustrations and other markings made by his grandfather.
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He revealed: “My grandfather wrote a poem, but when they were liberated, he asked survivors that were liberated to sign the book. So there are about 50 signatures.”
Struggling to contain his own sobs, Gary also read the poem aloud in English, which greatly affected the Gogglebox cast.
However, he hoped the book – which Gary described as “falling apart” – may be repaired to help preserve history for the future.
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