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On God's Polishing Wheel kids On April 19By Kurt Leichter with Cathy Leichter At the age of 14 Kurt Leichter, alone, boarded the USS Westernland in Antwerp, Belgium bound for American with a small suitcase and a straw hat. The straw hat bore a cardboard nametag that simply read KURT. The nametag was the only identification those waiting for him in New York Harbor were looking for. An only child, Leichter was born in Vienna, Austria, to Claire and Bela Leichter, an opera singer and a