The Guinness Book of World Records has bestowed The World’s Oldest Living Couple title on Dachau survivor Herman Brown, 105, and his wife, Magda, 100. Some couples have been married longer, and some of the indviduals are older, but the Brown’s “aggregate age” of 205 years and change combined with their 74-year union garnered them the distinction.
Magda’s take on the secret to their wedded bliss: “He is very easy going; I am the strong one. We never argued, we just had discussions.”
Of course, that’s her side of the story, but she’s sure Herman agrees.
The article mentions Herman’s arrest by the Nazis, but doesn’t mention whether Magda is Jewish or not. But really, after 74 years, could it matter?
(We couldn’t find a photo of Herman and Magda, so we posted this one of William and Claudia Ritchie, who held the title briefly in 2002. Maybe that’s why a story like this is so sweet; you know it will inevitably end soon.)
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