Samuel Pisar
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Samuel Pisar, 2012
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March 18, 1929 Białystok, Poland |
| Died | July 27, 2015 (aged 86) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Lawyer, author, diplomat |
Samuel Pisar (March 18, 1929 – July 27, 2015) was a Polish-born American lawyer, author, and Holocaust survivor.
Pisar was born in Białystok, Poland, to David and Helaina (née Suchowolski) Pisar. His father established the region's first taxi service.
His parents and younger sister Frieda were murdered by German Nazis. Pisar was sent to Majdanek, Bliżyn, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, Dachau and ultimately to the Engelberg Tunnel near Leonberg. At the end of the war, he escaped during a death march.
After the liberation, Pisar spent a year and a half in the American occupation zone of Germany, engaging in black marketeering with fellow survivors. He was rescued by an aunt living in Paris. An uncle sent him to Melbourne, Australia, where he resumed his studies.
He attended George Taylor and Staff School (now Taylors College) and went on to attain a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne in 1953. After recovering from a bout of tuberculosis, he traveled to the United States and earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard University. He also held a doctorate from the Sorbonne.
Pisar was married twice. He had two daughters from his first wife, Norma Pisar, and one from his second wife, Judith, with whom he lived in Paris and New York City. His stepson, Judith's son, Anthony Blinken is a former Deputy Secretary of State.
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