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Mar 12, 2024 · 9 min. Ben Stern, a Holocaust survivor who endured years in Nazi concentration camps and two death marches before settling in Skokie, Ill., where he helped rally opposition to a planned neo-Nazi ...
- Emily Langer
Ben Stern (September 21, 1921 – February 28, 2024) was a Polish Holocaust survivor, activist, and author. Early life [ edit ] Bendet Sztern was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1921, the second youngest of his parents' eventual nine children. [1]
Mar 24, 2024 · Ben Stern, a Holocaust survivor who led a battle against a planned Nazi march in Skokie, Ill., in 1977, spoke with high school students in Cupertino, Calif., in 2017 at a screening of “Near ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Ben Stern survived the Holocaust and in the late 1970s vigorously opposed efforts by neo-Nazis to march in Skokie, a heavily Jewish Chicago suburb. ... Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who fought ...
- Bob Goldsborough
Mar 6, 2024 · He was the second-youngest of nine children. Ira Glasser, left, grasps the hand of Holocaust survivor Ben Stern in this still from ‘Mighty Ira.’ (Courtesy) After Germany invaded in 1939, he ...
Mar 28, 2024 · Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who fought against Nazi rally in Skokie, dead at 102 He launched a campaign against a proposed neo-Nazis march at a time the suburb was home to many Holocaust survivors.
- Mitch Dudek
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Mar 13, 2024 · Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who survived nine concentration camps and still clashed with Neo-Nazis well into his 90s, died February 28 in Berkeley, California, at the age of 102.
