Severin fayerman wiki

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Severin Fayerman was born shortly after World War 1 in an area that had been under German occupation for several hundred years. Poland lost its independence in the 1700s. After World War 1, the Allies redrew the map of Europe and recreated some countries that had disappeared. They restored others. He only spoke Polish in school. His father hired a French teacher for him. In high school, he took English which he thinks is the best decision he made. It possibly saved his life. He joined a military organization in high school. When World War 2 broke out, he joined the Polish Army which was no match for Germany. Russia declared war on Poland as well [Annotator's Note: on 17 September 1939]. His commanding officer told them to go home. His home was in Silesia [Annotator's Note: Silesia Province, Southern Poland] and was highly industrialized. He comes from a line of blacksmiths. His grandfather started manufacturing hardware and made it a family business. The Germans had closed the schools, so he joined this business. He wanted to learn the rudiments and worked directly with his grandfather. Fayerman later ran the tool room and learned tool and die making. Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] reincorporated the area and they became par

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A Survivor's Story

When Germany invades Poland in 1939, seventeen year old Severin Fayerman sees his world change forever. His -family's factory is seized by the Germans. Inevitably, the Fayermans are -arrested and sent to a forced labor camp. Severin, separated from his family, is left alone in captivity. For more than a year, he endures the horrors of Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and other -concentration camps, relying on hard work and ingenuity to survive. When the war ends so does his nightmare, but his journey has only just begun. A Survivor's Story is the inspirational memoir of Severin Fayerman, Holocaust survivor and the founder of Baldwin Hardware. His journey from Poland to the United States, from young boy to successful businessman, proves that determination trumps adversity, and that goodness can shine in the darkest of places. His story is the American dream. Severin Fayerman was born in Bendzin, -Poland in 1922. During World War II, he survived -imprisonment and forced labor at Auschwitz and -Buchenwald concentration camps. Reunited with his family -after the war, he emigrated to the United States in search of a new life. In 1946 the Fayermans purchased the Baldwin Tool and Die Company in Newark, New Jersey. Together they transformed the small metal forming bu