Tribute to philanthropist Eddy Saks

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
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Scope & content: Black printing on white background.
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Extent: Plaque
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Text in the image: A TRIBUTE TO PHILANTHROPIST EDDY SAKS BORN IN LODZ POLAND, SON OF JOSEPH AND FAIGA SAKS. HE WAS A FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF BIKOR-CHOLIM IN BAMBERG GERMANY HE ENDANGERED HIS OWN LIFE BY RESCUING JEWS FROM CERTAIN DEATH IN THE LODZ GHETTO AND IN THE NAZI HORROR CONCENTRATION CAMPS OF AUCHWITZ, BERGEN-BELSEN, AND DACHAU.DONATED BY SONS JOSEPH AND DR. LAWRENCE SAKS AND RABBI M. E. GELITZKI OF THE LUBAVITCHER YESHIVAH.THROUGH HIS OWN EFFORTS HE ARRANGED THE MARRIAGES OF MANY JEWISH ORPHANS IN BAMBERG AND BERGEN-BELSEN WITH TRADITIONAL JEWISH CEREMONY PERFORMED BY A RABBI. IN THE CITY OF BAMBERG HE ARRANGED FOR RABBIS TO CONDUCT THE MEMORIAL SERVICES AND KADDISH AT GRAVE SITES IN ACCORDANCE WITH JEWISH LAW AND HAD MONUMENTS ERECTED FOR THOSE MARTYRS WHO DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST AND HIRED RABBIS TO RECITE KADDISHHE FERVORENTLY IMPLORS ALL JEWS NEVER TO FORGET THE YAHRZEIT OF SIX MILLION JEWS WHO WERE SACRIFICED ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE JEWISH. HE URGES THEM TO MAKE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES AS A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT THE HOLOCAUST SHOULD NEVER OCCUR AGAIN TO OUR PEOPLE. WE THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE STRIVED FOR 34 YEARS TO ATTRACT PUBLIC ATTENTION OF EDDY SAKS WHO MIRACULOUSLY HELPED IN SAVING MANY VICTIMS OF THE NAZI REGIME.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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