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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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The

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

Interment

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c:

Marc Zack of

Contributions may be made to Bar-Han

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eet 70 Years Later

Thomas Zack and Sandi

Keiser-Zack of

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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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