Shlomo Yahalomi

Shlomo Diamant-Yahalomi (b. 1917) of Strizhov, Russia, who was imprisoned in Lvov, Odessa, and Russian labor camps during the war, ended up in displaced-person centers in Poecking and Bergen-Belsen and then went on to the Land of Israel in September, 1947. He shared the view that hatred was implanted in history at Sinai and identified Nazism as the final explosion. As he made his way from Lublin westward after the war, he passed through Maidanek. He recalled how he saw a crucifix suspended over the ovens, bones, and shoes there — and realized that the Magen David would never have a place among the nations of the world.

married to Leah in 1936