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Remembering Auschwitz Survivor Roman Halter
February 3rd, 2012
Roman Halter
Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust and Chairman of The Holocaust Centre, accompanied by Helen Whitney, CEO of The Holocaust Centre, were among those who attended.
“Roman Halter was not only a remarkable intellect and a great supporter of The Holocaust Centre and the Aegis Trust; he was also a very dear personal and family friend,” James said. “A true gentleman, his calm demeanor belied the unimaginable atrocities that he experienced and witnessed. We will all miss his inspirational presence and his quiet authority.”
Born in Chodecz, Poland, Roman was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust and one of only four members of the Jewish community from Chodecz to live to the end of the war. Sent to the Lodz ghetto, he was later deported to Auschwitz and then Stutthof, before becoming a slave labourer in Dresden. An architect and a gifted artist, some of his works are displayed at both the Imperial War Museum and at The Holocaust Centre, for which he designed several of the stained-glass windows in the Centre’s Memorial Hall.
Roman is survived by wife Susie and three children.
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