Survivor of World War II disaster buried at Mill Creek Cemetery January 23 2021
The grave of Jewish man David Stoliar, who died on May 1, 2014, at his home in Bend, was a mystery
On a recent historical tour to Mill Creek Cemetery, a recent grave was noted. It had a star of David on the stone designating a Jewish background. It led to a curiosity about why the grave was at the cemetery.
David Stoliar was born in Kishinev, Romania, on Oct. 31, 1922. His father was a Jewish textile manufacturer in Bucharest. His parents divorced, and Stoliar lived with his mother in Paris for several years. He returned to Bucharest in 1936 and finished high school. As Germany rose to prominence prior to World War II, Stoliar was taken to forced labor camps and dug trenches. His father became very concerned as brutality against Jews spread.