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ÉLIE BUZYN

ÉLIE BUZYN

(ŁÓDŹ /POLAND 1929)

GHETTO BROTHER WAS SHOT DEPORTATION TO AUSCHWITZ PARENTS MURDERED DEATH MARCH SILENT FOR 50 YEARS AWARDED SEVERAL HONORS

ŁÓDŹ GHETTO

OLDER BROTHER WAS SHOT DEAD BEFORE THE EYES OF THE FAMILY

DEPORTATION TO AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP

AUGUST 1944 HIS PARENTS WERE MURDERED

JANUARY 1945 DEATH MARCH TO BUCHENWALD/SHOES WERE STOLEN/FROZEN FEET WERE ALMOST AMPUTATED BUT HEALED

REMAINED SILENT FOR 50 YEARS UNTIL HIS SON ASKED TO VISIT AUSCHWITZ
NOW DEDICATED TO KEEP THE MEMORY ALIVE
PUBLISHED HIS BIOGRAPHY ON THE 73RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP

APPOINTED CHEVALIER DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR AND COMMANDEUR DANS L’ORDRE DES PALMES ACADÉMIQUES

LEST WE FORGET PARIS 12-15-2020