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Henry Aizenman | Henry Aizenman (born [[March 20]], [[1931]] in Przytyk, Poland) is a retired traveling salesman in the jewelry business who has been a resident of [[Birmingham]] since [[1957]]. He emigrated to the United States in [[1947]] as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's program to relocate Jewish war orphans after [[World War II]]. | ||
Aizenman is a survivor of several concentration and labor camps, including Auschwitz, where his forearm was tattooed with the number B-21. He was liberated from Ludwigslust Concentration Camp on [[May 2]], [[1945]], which he considers this his second birthday, by American Allied forces. His life story has been recorded and archived by Stephen Spielberg's Shoah Foundation for Holocaust Remembrance. | |||
He has spoken publicly, especially at local middle schools, educating children about the horrors of his early life. He has also spoken at Jefferson State Community College and to local community groups. | He has spoken publicly, especially at local middle schools, educating children about the horrors of his early life. He has also spoken at [[Jefferson State Community College]] and to local community groups. He is one of only nineteen survivors of the Holocaust living in Birmingham as of August 2007. | ||
Aizenman has three children. | |||
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Revision as of 22:37, 3 September 2007
Henry Aizenman (born March 20, 1931 in Przytyk, Poland) is a retired traveling salesman in the jewelry business who has been a resident of Birmingham since 1957. He emigrated to the United States in 1947 as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's program to relocate Jewish war orphans after World War II.
Aizenman is a survivor of several concentration and labor camps, including Auschwitz, where his forearm was tattooed with the number B-21. He was liberated from Ludwigslust Concentration Camp on May 2, 1945, which he considers this his second birthday, by American Allied forces. His life story has been recorded and archived by Stephen Spielberg's Shoah Foundation for Holocaust Remembrance.
He has spoken publicly, especially at local middle schools, educating children about the horrors of his early life. He has also spoken at Jefferson State Community College and to local community groups. He is one of only nineteen survivors of the Holocaust living in Birmingham as of August 2007.
Aizenman has three children.