Mr. Bialowitz had spent much of the past year and a half in a hospital after being hit by a car. As a teenager in his hometown, Izbica, in eastern Poland, he was marched with other Jews to a cemetery, where Nazi soldiers opened fire on them. He escaped death by pretending to be hit and lying for hours among bloody bodies. As Mr. Bialowitz and his family arrived with other Jews, they were asked if any had professions. PhotoAfter the war, Mr. Bialowitz lived for a time in a displaced persons camp in Germany, where he initially planned to go to Israel and study dentistry, but in 1950 he went to the United States.

Source: New York Times August 13, 2016 21:00 UTC