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-Survivor, Liberator
JOSEPH STOLLMAN, 82, of
Tel Aviv, Israel, formerly of Detroit, died
Jan. 22, 2015.
He is survived by his wife, Leah
Stollman; son and daughter-in-law,
Ronald and J erlyn Stollman; grandchil
dren, Len Stollman and Shira Stollman;
brother and sister-in-law, Bernard and
Barbara Stollman; sister and brother
in-law, Sandra and Robert Grennstone;
MELVYN
many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Stollman was the devoted
son
of the late Max and the late Freida
Stollman.
Interment will be out of the
Zack of
Troy,
Georgia,
Illinois, and Eric and Gwen Zack of
early 70 years after his libera-
tion, Holocaust survivor Joshua
Kaufman was reunited with
dren, Ryan Zack, Brendan Zack, Colin
Zack, Ian Zack, Caley Zack, Elayna
Zack, Marly Zack, Alex Zack, Brandon
Zack, Jordyn Zack, Olivia Zack, Andrew
Zack, Alexa Zack, Cayla Keiser and
[enna Keiser; sisters and brother-in-law,
Faith and Sanford Freeman, and Leslie
"Cookie» Bakke; brother and sister-in
law, John and Ellie Garrison.
country.
was
at Beth Moses
may be
of one's choice.
Cemetery. Contributions
University,
Telegraph Road, Suite
350, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301.This
made to
announcement was
of the
family by
placed
at
Ira Kaufman
charity
Arrangements by Ira
a
Kaufman
rescued him. A German
Kaufman, a Hungarian Jew. Kaufman was
hiding in the camp latrines with other pris
oners, unsure of whether they were about
to be liberated by the Allies or murdered by
Chapel,
door my heart did somersaults:' Kaufman
recalled.
Chapel.
outside before
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of Southfield, died Jan.
15)
23,2015.
She is survived by
her sons and daugh
was
obituary for
Gillespie helped the skeletal man
they parted assuming they
would never
Norman Block
the brother of the late Benita
see
each other
again.
Kaufman moved to Israel and
(Jan.
should have stated that Mr. Block
fought in
the Six-Day and Yom Kippur wars, later
moving
to the
U.S., where he married and
ters-in-law, Jeffrey
daughters. He worked as a self
employed plumber. Gillespie returned to
the U.S. and had eight children, working as
and Marie Zack of
a
Virginia,
Michael Zack
of Waterford,
29
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2015
Bornstein.
had three
salesman.
When the pair met again after so many
decades, Kaufman, now 87, saluted his
Douglas
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Holocaust survivor Joshua
Kaufman, left, greets Daniel
Gillespie, the man who rescued
him from Dachau.
savior, kissed his hands and fell to his feet,
exclaiming: (1 have wanted to do this for 70
years. I love you, I love you so much :'
.
..
Gillespie asked Kaufman, "How did you
survive? What kept you alive?"
"When the Americans smashed in the
the request
MAUREEN ZACK, 80,
98 January
Gillespie, the American soldier who
documentary crew
arranged their meeting.
Gillespie entered the Dachau concen
tration camp in Germany on April 29,
1945. The first human being he saw was
1
Daniel
retreating Nazis.
Correction
Zack
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Washington, D.C.; daughter, Andrea
Zack of West Bloomfield; grandchil
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Marc Zack of
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Thomas Zack and Sandi
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Kaufman replied,
"Dying would have
been easier. In Dachau, we had to tote
around 50 kilo cement sacks. The whole
day long. Whoever broke down was imme
diately shot. It turned me into an animal.
And animals want to survive:'
Gillespie said the liberation of Dachau
"the most profound shock of my life»
and that it changed him for life.
was
As the men stood
on a
beach, a lifetime
later, Kaufman said, ((I have everything I
wanted in life through him. That is the rea
son
for my thankfulness:'
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