Presenter: Martin Bodek
Zaidy's War: Four Armies, Three Continents, Two Brothers. One Man's Impossible Story of Endurance; Martin Bodek tells the unreal real survival story of his beloved grandfather. Benzion Malik's tale involves serving four armies under wildly unique circumstances, being present for both the largest land invasion in human history and the final battle of WWII, avoiding cannibalism under pain of death, eluding poisoning, surviving to walk 1,600 miles to his Romania home, emigrating to Israel, enduring the pummeling of his new community of Haifa during the Six Day War, finally settling in peace in the U.S. where he served as a chef for 40 years, and finishing Shas (Talmud) 14 times while he was doing all that. He passed away 10 years ago at the age of 95. Martin will elaborate on all of this.
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Event |
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