Holocaust Survivor Ralph Jacobson Speaks to Students

Holocaust survivor Ralph Jacobson and his wife Vivian spoke to
O ’Neal’s Upper School and eighth grade students on Thursday.



Holocaust survivor Ralph Jacobson and his wife Vivian spoke to O’Neal’s Upper School and eighth grade students on Thursday. Mr. Jacobson's presentation focused on his childhood in Nazi Germany in the 1930's, including Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938, and the murder of his father in the same year.  Quoting directly from his biography, "The election of Hitler in 1933 drastically changed the lives of every Jewish family, with Jewish businesses looted, destruction of synagogues and stores and attendance forbidden in public places for the Jews."  As Nazism gradually took hold of Ralph’s town and his family he and his mother were able to flee to the United States escaping the fate of the concentration camps.
 
Mr. Jacobson was born in Germany in 1928, five years before the election of Adolf Hitler.  He came to the United states in 1939 and graduated from Bayside High School and cum laude from both the City College of New York and New York University Law School.  After serving in the United States Army, he was a senior attorney for Sears, Roebuck and Company for 32 years.  Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson moved to Pinehurst in 1990, and since that time, he has volunteered extensively with local and state-wide organizations.  In 2012, Mr. Jacobson received the Janet A. Powell award for his dedicated volunteer work in North Carolina.
 
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