Sal Rosenkranz, an 89 year-old Holocaust survivor, spoke at the Queens College Hillel Monday afternoon. Mr. Rosenkranz told students about his experience in the holocaust, starting from the initial Nazi invasion of his hometown of Krosniewice, Poland. Rosenkranz spoke about living in concentration camps, including the six weeks he spent at the infamous Buchenwald. He explained that he faced a number of situations in which he felt his death was inevitable, but that somehow he had survived, though much of his family was killed in Treblinka.
The speech was accompanied by the presentation of a miniature museum, modeled after the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. The mini-museum was built by members of the Queens College Hillel.
About forty people attended the event, which was followed by a free lunch, sponsored by the Hillel.