San Antonio Survivor - Harry Weiss

Harry Weiss was born in Romania. In 1944 he and his parents were sent to a ghetto and were later transported to Auschwitz. There he was separated from his parents and was selected for forced labor, working on German railway lines. While working he was able to escape and find refuge at a local German farmhouse until he was liberated by the American army. After the war he went to work for the Jewish underground forging travel and identification documents to allow Jewish refugees to immigrate out of Communist controlled countries. After locating his mother and helping her to immigrate to Israel, he came to the United States and found work in the textile industry.

Harry has since passed away but his daughter-in-law shares his experience at the museum.