Outrage and lobbying over commuter rail contender’s Holocaust ties

A billion dollar contract to run the commuter rail for the MBTA is up for grabs, but a company that wants the job has come under fire across the country for its role in the Holocaust.

Now this controversy is headed to Massachusetts, but along with genuine outrage from Holocaust survivors it brings questions about whether a dark chapter in history is being used to land one of the biggest public contracts in the state.

One of those Holocaust survivors is Fred Manasse. Now living in Massachusetts, he fled Europe as a young boy, escaping certain death.

"I would have been taken by the Nazis and murdered. They took all the kids they caught and murdered them. Either shot them on the spot or sent them to Auschwitz," he said.

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