Belgian artist Koenraad Tinel, 86, the son of a Flemish nationalist and Nazi sympathiser and a Belgian lawyer and jazz pianist Simon Gronowski, 89, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust during the Second World War, pose for a photo during their meeting after they became close friends a few years ago, in Brussels, Belgium October 21, 2020. Picture taken October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More than seven decades ago, their families were divided by war and hatred - Koenraad Tinel, the son of a Nazi sympathiser, and Simon Gronowski, a Holocaust survivor who lost his mother and sister to Auschwitz.
Now the two men, both in their 80s, have forged a close friendship that has become a symbol of reconciliation in their native Belgium.
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