Jack kagan biography

Jack Kagan – the passing of a courageous survivor.

By ROBERT HERSOWITZ

Holocaust survivor and educator Jack Kagan died in London on December 18.Described by The Jewish News as one of the “irreplaceable” Jewish heroes of our time, Kagan was a survivor with an incredible story.

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His son Michael, who lives in Jerusalem and has written about his father, retold his father’s story at the shiva in Jerusalem.Kagan was born on April 7, 1929, in the town of Novogrudok (Navahrudak), Belarus. His family property backed onto the famous Navahrudak Yeshiva.“He always reminisced about his shtetl as a corner of paradise where Jewish life was rich and trouble-free,” said Kagan’s son.“The Germans entered the town on July 4, 1941.

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