Mark Olsky is the grandfather of two students at Horizons School. He's a doctor who still teaches emergency medicine to medical students and others at the University of Wisconsin and elsewhere. At nearly age 74, he is one of the youngest actual survivors of the Holocaust. He was born on a train and, as a newborn baby, was marked for death by the Nazis. The war officially ended when Mark was just over two weeks old, so he escaped death narrowly. His mother, three aunts and an uncle survived, but most of his family did not, including his father. He and his family lived four years in Germany as refugees. No country in the world, including the US, wanted them. Then they lived in Israel, a country that wasn't formed legally until 1948. He came to the US at almost age 14, 60 years ago. Due to limited English, he was first placed in classes for "slow" students. Four years ago (2015) a book was published about the birth of three babies, including Mark, in Nazi captivity. It became an international best seller, translated into 20 languages.
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