He lost his entire family in the Holocaust and survived the Plaszow and Mauthausen concentration camps, but in his 96 years Edward Mosberg helped rebuild the Jewish life lost by him and so many other Jews during the Shoah.
“Most of my trips are really just to talk to local government and business leaders. And in this particular instance, it’s as much for me as for everything else.”
Edward Mosberg ran his hand over the red heart on the cloth draped over the cornerstone, which he had dedicated at Rutgers Chabad House in memory of his wife of 72 years, Cecile, who died in February 2020. The 95-year-old Polish Holocaust survivor later told the almost 400 guests gathered Oct. 19 at Chabad in New Brunswick for the 43rd National Founders Day Dinner that “tonight I share my love story with Cesia,” her Polish nickname. “We had 72 wonderful years,” he said as he accepted the Ner Tamid Award for his global philanthropic work and rescuing, refurbishing and donating more than 20 Holocaust Torahs.
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