30th Anniversary Guardians Commemorative Book - Book - Page 141
My father, Morris
Küchler, was born in
1900 in Mszana Dolna,
My involvement with
the Museum began
with my father,
One of my earliest
memories was going
with my mother on
near Kraków, to a loving
extended family. He
ventured to America in
the late 1920s to seek a
better life without hatred
and virulent antisemitism.
Tragically, except for a
cousin who had immigrated
to Palestine, only my father
and his brother remained
of our family after the
Holocaust. That is why
supporting the Museum
came naturally to me. And
when I learned that one
could make a legacy gift
to the Museum, I knew
I had to find a way to
protect the future of this
institution that will teach
future generations the
lessons of the Holocaust.”
William Konar, a Holocaust
survivor and Museum
founder. Early on, he
recognized the need for
a permanent place of
Holocaust remembrance
in our nation’s capital.
I am proud of what he
and his fellow survivors
accomplished. Like my
father, I believe in the
power of education to
help overcome prejudice
and fear, and I know of no
other institution better
positioned to do this work.
I hope my bequest will
help the Museum stand as
a testament to the memory
of my father’s life and
to his belief in a better
future for his children
and grandchildren.”
Fridays to the bakery
to buy a challah for the
Sabbath. I remember very
clearly that one of the
ladies who worked there
had a number tattooed
on her arm. I asked my
mother why she had that
number and she said, ‘You
are too young. We will tell
you when you are older.’
I was never told, so all my
knowledge came from
my own curiosity. The
United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum has
become the primary source
of educating the next
generations about what
happened during that
horrific period.”
HOWARD KICHLER
Altamonte Springs, Florida
HOWARD KONAR
STEVEN LAMPERT
Livingston, New Jersey
Rochester, New York
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