14 Facts About Samuel Pisar

Samuel Pisar was a Polish-American lawyer, author, and Holocaust survivor.

Samuel Pisar was sent to the Majdanek, Blizyn, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, and Dachau death camps and ultimately to the Engelberg Tunnel near Leonberg.

Samuel Pisar is the only Holocaust survivor of the 900 children of his Polish school.

Samuel Pisar was rescued by an aunt living in Paris.

Samuel Pisar attended George Taylor and Staff School and went on to attain a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne in 1953.

In 1950, Samuel Pisar worked for the United Nations in New York and Paris.

Samuel Pisar returned to Washington in 1960 to become a member of John F Kennedy's economic and foreign policy task force.

Samuel Pisar was an advisor to the State Department, the Senate and House committees.

Samuel Pisar wrote a narration, based on his experiences and his anger at God, for Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No 3.

Samuel Pisar stated that the idea came from Bernstein, who felt Samuel Pisar could bring a more authentic voice to the symphony than he could, not having gone through the Holocaust himself.

Samuel Pisar co-founded Yad Vashem-France, was a Director of the Fondation pour la Memoire de la Shoah, and a Trustee of the Brookings Institution Washington.

Samuel Pisar had two daughters by his first wife, Norma Pisar, and one, Leah Pisar, from his second wife, Judith, with whom he lived in Paris and New York City.

In March 1995, Samuel Pisar was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth, "for service to international relations and human rights".

Samuel Pisar died from pneumonia on July 27,2015, in Manhattan, aged 86.