Max Edelman, 87, speaks to a group of eighth-grade students
Polish jew Max Edelman says he spent time in several German camps during the war.
He claims he was blinded due to a vicious beating from camp guards, who beat him for no other reason than pure "sport."
Even though, as the story goes, a blind inmate would have been immediately sent to the ovens, "somehow" Edelman managed to survive. It was a miracle.
Just prior to his liberation, Max was taken on an eight-day forced death march without food or water. Miraculously, he survived this too.
The one harrowing experience Max can't get rid of is one night when the Germans had a party, and for entertainment had a German shepherd attack and kill a camp inmate by tearing his throat to pieces.
From then on, Max was deathly afraid of dogs. This prevented him from getting a guide dog for years until he finally mustered the courage and got his own guide dog, Calvin, a chocolate Lab.
After the war, Max experienced guilt "for his survival." But somehow he coped.
Edelman emigrated to the United States in 1951, found a job as a X-ray darkroom technician, and now, of course, tells his Holocaust story to young children. He speaks two or more times a week, after decades of silence.
Article #1: "Blinded by Nazis, guided by a dog"
Article #2: Judicial-Inc's thoughts...
A Blind Jew In A Death Camp
I sort of think that if you were a blind Jew in a 'Death Camp', you would be in an oven in 15 seconds. So maybe Max is stretching the truth, or maybe there were no 'Death Camps', or both.
Article #3: Extended version of Max's tale
VIDEO: Max Edelman speaks to local students
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i learned about max in middle school. i wrote him a letter on behalf of my school newspaper, and not only was he kind enough to give me a one-on-one interview, he spoke to the entire school about his ordeal. this man is no fake. he is an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI know Max personally and he is a wonderful person. He has many amazing stories to tell. If you knew him, you too would love him.
ReplyDeletewow this story is truly amazing
ReplyDeleteOh yes, this story is truly amazing. An amazing load of rubbish.
ReplyDeleteI swear these so-called survivors have a competition to see who can come up with the most ridiculous stories that people will believe.
my uncle is a great man that thankfully you will never know. he teaches exactly what you do opposite and that is to stand up against hatred. if you could only imagine being blind since you were in your late teens and trying to remain alive by the evil that was WWII. To quote max, "memories kept many of us survivors prisoner of the past and powerless to fee ourselves because the wounds never healed." because of the deniers and haters like yourself, the survivors decided to stand up for themselves and relive the pain they endured to keep the type of people like yourself to understand what happened is not a joke nor is it funny. and yes you can go survive not eating for days, i recommend you try it. he felt guilty because of how often he wanted to give up and never did, to which im sure you give up on plenty of thinks in your life. he felt guilty for the people including his brother and eric help him survive because if they were to get caught, they would have been killed. get your story straight before you post ridiculous stories you know nothing about. by the way, that is a great picture of him you decided to use. i love it. sad though that you used a picture where he was talking to students, hopefully they didnt feel the evil and hate that was oozing out of your disgraceful skin.
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