MICHAEL HERSKOVITZ

HERSKOVITZ MICHAEL on May 30, 2021. Michael was born in a small village in Botfalva, Czechoslovakia in 1929. As a teenager he survived one year in the worst Nazi concentration camps, Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Gunskirchen. Prior to immigrating to the United States in 1959 he lived for ten years in Israel. Michael fought in the 1948 war of Independence and the 1956 Sinai War. Over the past 30+ years Michael has been an educator on the Holocaust to students throughout the US and internationally. Beloved husband of Tonya (nee Nowlin) and the late Frida (nee Weig); Loving father of Pearl (Jacky) Kouzi, Edward (Jean) Herskovitz and Mercedes Griffin; Devoted grandfather of Jennifer, Avi, Michelle and Steven; Adoring great-grandfather of Noah, Talia, Evan, Ariela, Gabrielle and Michael. Relatives and friends are invited to Graveside Services, Wednesday, 10 AM precisely at Haym Salomon Mem. Park (Sec. BD), Frazer, PA. Contributions in his memory may be made to Adath Israel Youth Fund, 250 N. Highland Ave., Merion Station, PA 19066 or Holocaust Awareness Museum, 8339 Old York Road Suites 203/205 Elkins Park, PA 19027. www.goldsteinsfuneral.com