Manfred Strauss

Jewish Holocaust Survivor

Mr. Strauss remembers the observance of Shabbat in Buchenwald as a form of spiritual resistance. The prisoners continued to chant the Jewish prayers even under the threat of death.

Gender: Male
DOB: Jan 15, 1922
City of Birth: Langendiebach (Germany)
Country of Birth: Germany
Concentration Camp: Buchenwald (Germany), Prisons: Hanau (Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany)
Fled Nazi-controlled territory: Yes

 

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