'We have to be Jews in our hearts' says last Canadian Schindler survivor
Roman Lesniak, 98, the last Canadian survivor of Oskar Schindlerâs list that saved Jews during the Holocaust, spoke of his harrowing experiences during World War II during a virtual Congregation Shaare Zedek event last week. Lesniak was interviewed by Rabbi Alan Bright and spoke in great detail of the brutality of the time, including losing his mother as well as his sight in one eye after being struck by a Nazi. Lesniak remarked that he has been able to still drive regardless, including the day before the interview, to Quartier Cavendish in Côte St. Luc. Some 2,000 people viewed the e...
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