Hermina Hirsch confessed to her sons that there was always one thing she wanted to do before she died. The grandmother didn't think it would ever be possible, the dream seemed too grandiose, too decadent, like too much of a fantasy. But thanks to her son, the most important item on her bucket list can be checked off.
You see, Hirsch is a real patriot. She loves America because getting here was not easy. In 1944, she and her family were split up and put it into Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz. Hirsch survived one of the greatest tragedies in modern history and was liberated in 1945. Soon after, she moved to Detroit and began to enjoy the many freedoms and safety the United States had to offer. It should come as no shock that "The Star-Spangled Banner" is one of Hirsch's favorite songs of all time. The lyrics hold a great deal of import to her. She has never taken her citizenship for granted because of what she went through as a young girl.
When her sons learned that it was her dream to sing the song during a Detroit Tigers game, they knew they had to make it happen for their 89-year-old mother, and they did.
“At my age, I figure that this would do it,” Hirsch told CBS. “I don’t want to die before I sing at a baseball game. If I lived through the concentration camp, it couldn’t be that bad.”
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