David Scherman

"I feel that if so few Jewish survivors could create the State of Israel against such odds and accomplish what they did after the war, and, keep doing this the last 51 years, then this shows we Jews are indestructible, G-d will never let us be destroyed. We are truly G-d’s chosen people."

Name at birth

David Szerman

Date of birth

02/10/1924

Where were you born?

Kielce, Poland

Where did you grow up?

Kielce, Poland

Name of father, occupation

Israel Zelman, Grocery Store Owner

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Chaya Mindel Kaner, Homemaker

Immediate family (names, birth order)

Parents, Leon, Lola, Eva, Cyna and me

Who survived the Holocaust?

Cyna and me

Name of Ghetto(s)

Kielce / Ostrowiec

Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)

Auschwitz Birkenau / Blizyn / Buchenwald / Flossenbürg / Gross Rosen

Occupation after the war

Metal Finisher and Pastry Baker

When and where were you married?

1952 in USA

Spouse

Phyllis Steinberger

Children

Elliott Israel Scherman and Sally Helen Stein

What message would you like to leave for future generations?

I feel that if so few Jewish survivors could create the State of Israel against such odds and accomplish what they did after the war, and, keep doing this the last 51 years, then this shows we Jews are indestructible, G-d will never let us be destroyed. We are truly G-d’s chosen people.