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Eventually, Sol, too, was captured and transported to Treblinka. However he managed to escape and return to the Warsaw Ghetto where he joined up with the resistance. At first, the partisans, hope was to halt further German deportations. When the Germans attacked the Ghetto, Sol participated in the uprising. One of the few survivors, Sol was again taken prisoner.
During the course of his two and a half year imprisonment, Sol was shifted to three extermination camps and two slave labor camps. In the final days of the war, he miraculously survived the Dachau Death March.
Upon liberation, Sol was more dead than alive. However, he gradually regained his strength. On one occasion, Sol accompanied a friend who was visiting his fiancée in a Displaced Persons, Camp. There Sol met Tola, another survivor and the beautiful blond of his dreams. After their marriage, they applied for emigration to the United States. Finally, following what seemed an interminable wait, they arrived in New Orleans in 1949.
Today, Sol and Tola are the proud parents of five children and grandparents of twelve. Sol has been active in numerous civic and social endeavors. He is a major contributor to the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Athletic Booster Club. He has served as a three-time president of the local Temple. He is also a charter member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and in this capacity he is in demand as a speaker.
