1. Frank Meisler was an Israeli architect and sculptor.
10 Facts About Frank Meisler
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Frank Meisler was born into a Jewish family in Danzig, he was evacuated by the Kindertransport in August 1939, travelling with other Jewish children via Berlin to the Netherlands and then to Liverpool Street station in London.
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Frank Meisler's parents were later murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Frank Meisler was raised by an aunt, who lived in London.
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Frank Meisler attended school in Harrow, and then did national service in the Royal Air Force.
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Frank Meisler studied architecture at the University of Manchester, and was involved in the construction of the Heathrow Airport.
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Frank Meisler moved to Israel in the late 1950s, where he later opened a workshop and gallery in the Old City of Jaffa.
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Frank Meisler designed the interior of the Holocaust Memorial Synagogue in Moscow, and sculptures for Russia's National War Memorial.
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Frank Meisler was made an honorary academician by both the Russian Academy of Arts and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts in 2002.
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Frank Meisler was honored with 'The Freedom of the City of London' honorary award and dined at Prince Charles's table.