Overview
- His death at 96 was announced Thursday by the Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA, which he led.
- He established the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach in 1989, turning it into a focal point for Holocaust education.
- In March, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded him the Governor’s Medal of Freedom during the unveiling of the Florida Holocaust Memorial.
- He recently addressed the Senate Special Committee on Aging about antisemitism and the urgent needs of elderly survivors.
- He survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald, spent decades educating students through programs like March of the Living, and pressed restitution efforts involving insurers and Nazi-looted assets.