Judah Samet, a Holocaust survivor who narrowly escaped a shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, died Tuesday at 84.
“Unfortunately, only people like me can bear witness,” he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2020. But he said historians and others will need to tell the story in compelling ways once the last generation of Holocaust survivors pass.
“Judah leaves an unparalleled legacy to the world, of a man who survived not one, but two horrors committed by humanity against the Jews,” Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life said in a written statement. “He taught us how to respond with controlled fervor, grace and strength.” Mr. Samet sat with first lady Melania Trump at President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union speech, where lawmakers jumped to their feet and applauded as the president told Mr. Samet’s story and broke into a spontaneous rendition of “Happy Birthday.” Mr. Samet smiled and shouted “thank you.”Mr. Samet’s funeral was Thursday.
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