Fischer High School Sophomore Musicians Help Honor Holocaust Survivor’s 100th Birthday

Fischer High School sophomores Kayla F. and Margalit M. joined Posnack School Music Director Zohar Shahar to help celebrate Holocaust survivor Julius Eisenstein of Hallandale Beach, who was honored with tributes and love from his family, friends and the community on his recent 100th birthday.

Eisenstein was born on Oct. 13, 1919 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. He was in the Tomaszow Mazowiecki Ghetto from 1940-1943. In May of 1943, he was interned in the Blizyn Labor Camp and then until April 1945, he was in four other camps including Birkenau. On April 29, 1945 he was liberated from Dachau by the United States Army. He survived the Holocaust with his brother Jacob.

The Holocaust Documentation & Education Center in Dania Beach hosted a celebration of Eisenstein’s birthday with 127 people in attendance, including family, local survivors and teachers, as he is very involved with the institution and its programs, including speaking at its Student Awareness Days.