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Leo Smit

Dutch musician (1900–1943).

Born May 14th, 1900 in Amsterdam.

Died April 30th, 1943 at 42 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.

Occupations
composer, pianist

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche