- Samuel Pisar
Samuel Pisar (born
March 18 ,1929 ,Białystok ,Poland ) is a Polish-born American international attorney,author , and Holocaust survivor. After being sent to Auschwitz and other facilities from age 13, he was released fromAuschwitz aged 16.Pisar went to Australia to join his mother's brothers and undertake his education, attaining a Bachelor of Laws from the
University of Melbourne in 1953. [cite news | work=Harvard Law Bulletin | author=Christine Perkins | title=Blood & Hope: Samuel Pisar's Triumph of the Spirit | url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2005/fall/cn_01.php | date=Fall 2005 | accessdate=2008-09-09] He attendedHarvard University and subsequently became a senior advisor toJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy . After Kennedy became President of the United States in 1961, the first law that he signed was to grant US citizenship to Pisar. As a lawyer, Pisar's clients includedRobert Maxwell . [cite news | author=Marlise Simons | title=Fresh Theories on Maxwell's Death | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0DC113BF935A35751C1A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | date=6 December 1991 | accessdate=2008-04-19]Pisar is an Honorary Member of [http://www.raoulwallenberg.net The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation] . He and his wife reside in Paris. He has written a memoir, "Of Blood and Hope", which received one of the Present Tense literary awards in 1981. [cite news | author= | title= Johanna Kaplan Wins Award for "O My America"| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6DE1738F937A35756C0A967948260 | work=The New York Times | date=4 May 1981 | accessdate=2008-04-19] He has also written a narration, based on his own memories of surviving the Holocaust, for the Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish") of
Leonard Bernstein , at Bernstein's instigation, and has performed the narration in concert. [cite news | author=David Patrick Stearns | title=For Bernstein's "Kaddish" a bold, personal voice | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/17840869.html | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | date=17 April 2008 | accessdate=2008-04-19] [cite news | author=David Patrick Stearns | title=Orchestra lends its power to "Kaddish" | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/17937829.html | work=Philadelphia Inquirer | date=19 April 2008 | accessdate=2008-04-19]References
External links
* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/bulletin/2005/fall/cn_01.php Harvard Law Bulletin Profile]
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