David Faber (author, Holocaust survivor)
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David Faber (born 1926) is a Polish Jew who survived nine concentration camps in Poland and Germany. He witnessed the murders of his parents, brother Romek, five of his six sisters, and some of his family at a dinner table by the Nazis. He was sent to nine concentration camps in Germany and Poland, and amazingly survived. At age 13, he was a fighter with the Russian partisans. Faber recalls seeing many horrible actions in the concentration camps from seeing a baby thrown into an oven to losing every friend he made in camp. He remembers how a kid got shot for running to his dad's arms. When he was liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945, he was 18 years old and weighed 72 pounds. Faber says "I was a living skeleton". He said he could not resist anymore and as soon as he was liberated he just gave up and was found at the side of road and taken to a hospital. His book, Because of Romek, is written in memory of his older brother, Romek. Faber's book is required to be read in some schools. 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.
Polish born Holocaust survivor; Nazi victim from 1939-45; survivor of nine concentration camps; witness to the Nazi murders of his parents, brother Romek, and five of his six sisters; partisan resistance fighter at age 14, liberated from Bergen-Belson 1945, age 18, weight 72 pounds; author and award-winning lecturer and educator. [Excerpt from his biography on "Because of Romek"]
 Mr. Faber in April, 2006, in Colorado Springs, CO. |
