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Gâteau à l'orange: The story of a recipe that survived the Holocaust

Alex Buckman is the 78-year-old president of the Vancouver Child Survivors of the Holocaust. And for him, his late aunt's recipe for Gâteau à l'orange is also a recipe for hope.
Langara College students Paulina Bustamante and Frieda Krickan stir batter for the gâteau à l'orange to serve at the Writing Lives closing ceremony. (Pamela Post/CBC)

Alex Buckman is the 78-year-old president of the Vancouver Child Survivors of the Holocaust. And for him, his late aunt's recipe for Gâteau à l'orange is also a recipe for hope.