David Faber (author, Holocaust survivor)
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David Faber (born approx. 1926) is a Polish Jew who survived eight concentration camps in Poland and Germany. He witnessed the murders of his parents, brother Romek, and five of his six sisters by the Nazis. At age 14, he was a fighter with the Russian partisans. When he was liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945, he was 18 years old and weighed 72 pounds. His book, Because of Romek, is written in memory of his older brother, Romek. Faber is also an award-winning educator and lecturer on the Holocaust. He currently resides in San Diego, California with his wife Lina, who is also a Holocaust survivor.
