Des Moines Last Known Holocause Survivor Passed Away

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The last known person in the Des Moines to have survived the holocaust passed away today

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On September 4th, Holocaust survivor David Wolnerman passed away. He was 96 years old.

David was born in 1927 in Mondrzejow, Poland. He lost most of his immediate and extended family following Nazi occupation in 1939. Beginning at age 13, David spent six years in over 11 concentration camps throughout the war - including both Dachau and Auschwitz - surviving forced labor, a selection by Mengele, typhus, and starvation.

In an interview with KCCI, he credited lying about his age with saving his life.

On April 29th, 1945, he was liberated from Dachau, by General Eisenhower’s troops. David strongly felt that God pulled him through the hunger, sickness, and inhumanity of the experience.

Really turns my stomach that Reynolds decided to issue a statement.  Yes, Wolnerman deserves to be honored but Reynolds should really keep her counsel to herself when it comes to Holocaust survivors given how antisemitic the GQP has been lately.