In Memoriam: Co-Founder of Three Brothers Bakery Sigmund Jucker
Sigmund Jucker, an original founder of Three Brothers Bakery, died December 11 at age 98. Jucker's was a life of hard work, survival, and ultimately rewarding success. He was born in Chrzanow, Poland, in 1922, and, according to his obituary, started working at his family's bakery at a young age. He was apprehended by Nazi soldiers and sent to a concentration camp in 1939, spending six years in captivity during the Holocaust. On May 8, 1945, the day Germany surrendered unconditionally during World War II, he awoke in camp to find Nazi Secret Service officers had fled. Jucker cut the w...