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Writings about Lou Dunst
-2005-
January 16, 2005—Forum: Stories Told and Written of the
Holocaust, Congregation Beth Israel, San Diego, http://holocaust.tjsl.edu/bio/Dunst.htm
January 3, 2005—Donald H. Harrison, "Major
Holocaust conference, partially funded with money kept from victims by French
banks, brings scholars, artists together in San Diego," www.jewishsightseeing.com/dhh_weblog/2005-blog/2005-01-blog/2005-01-03-holocaust_conference.htm
September
23, 2005—"Local Survivor Donates Memorabilia," San
Diego Jewish Times, page 19: Recently Lou Dunst, a Holocaust survivor,
donated his only possession from the Holocaust to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington D.C. The item (presented to Susan Snyder, the museum's
director of collections) was a metal band with his ID number that was wired to
his wrist like a bracelet. The band was made from the Cyklon B cans that
were used to gas the prisoners. Dunst was not tattooed because he was to be
gassed immediately. He was even in the sealed gas chamber waiting for the fumes
to come on. At a miracle moment the doors were opened and the commandant of the
camp (Mauthausen) said that the coal to burn their bodies was too expensive and
he would send them where they would disappear at no cost to the Third Reich.
Fall 2005, Agency for Jewish Education of San Diego, Annual
Report 2004-2005, "Todah Rabbah to all our generous Donors!," page
12: ...Gilborim...Courageous—...Lou and Estelle Dunst...
Fall 2005, Seacrest Village Retirement Communities, Happenings:
Senior Living in the Jewish Tradition, pages 6-7: It is through the
generosity of our Donors that we are able to provide for the well-being of each
of our residents. We appreciate your generosity. The following list represents
all Donors to our many efforts beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30,
2005. These gifts have helped the Homes to provide the vital services
needed for our residents.... Mr. and Mrs. Lou Dunst.
November 18, 2005—"One Torah That Survivied," San Diego Jewish Times, page 16: Lou Dunst and Sofer Alberto Attia symbolically added the last letter to a restored Torah at a ceremony at the Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos, CA. It took Attia over eight months to complete the task of restoration. While on the March of the Living in Poland, two members of the group entered an antique shop in Warsaw and discovered two damaged and abandoned Torah scrolls. The scrolls were hand carried to Israel and then to the United States; one making its way to San Diego and the other finding its home in Silocon Valley, all due to the determination of Helaine and Dr. Steve Green of San Jose. They enlisted the aid of individuals and Jewish Agencies to achieve funding and support; together they worked to see the restoration of this Torah.
-2006-
March
6, 2006—Peter Rowe, "A
tearful, joyous surprise: At his 80th birthday
party, Holocaust survivor meets soldier who liberated him," San Diego
Union-Tribune