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The library’s showing of Plagues of the Soul and The Pianist on January 12, are highlighted with an introduction by special guest, Max Glauben.
In 1939, Germany invaded Poland and quickly rolled into Warsaw. The home of Max’s family became part of the Warsaw Ghetto. In 1943, during the Ghetto uprising and burning, Max and his family hid in a room behind a brick oven and were eventually discovered by the Nazis and sent to the Majdanek concen---tration camp.
Max and his father were separated from their other family members; the rest perished in the Majdanek gas chambers and crematoriums. His father was later taken by the Nazis and was subsequently killed.
In 1945, Max was placed in an overcrowded boxcar for a journey to Dachau. The train was disabled by Allied planes and Max, along with other survivors, was forced on a death march. On April 23, 1945, he was liberated by the 3rd U.S. Army.
While looking for a displaced persons camp, he was rescued by Lieutenant Basic, an officer with the U.S. Army. Max stayed with the 179th Signal Corp until 1947 when he immigrated to the United States. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea, and after an honorable discharge, he moved to Dallas where he met and married his wife, Frieda, and raised a family of three children.
Today, Max speaks at churches, schools, synagogues and organizations, serving as a spokesman for those who perished from the Holocaust.
Tom Keener is the cultural arts manager with the Allen Public Library. |
