Saluting Alex, a Story of Survival and Resilience

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Susie Weil Ernst (daughter of Holocaust survivor & WWII Veteran, Alex Weil
February 11,  2022

Alex Weil, was 17 years old and living with his parents, Adalbert and Margaret, his sister Blanka and his brother Tibi in Bratislava, now the capital of Slovakia. The year was 1939. Alex’s parents, seeing the rise of Adolph Hitler and other warning signs, decided to emigrate to the United States, with the financial and logistical sponsorship of Margaret’s brother, Paul, in Cleveland.

Since Alex was the eldest child, they decided he would be the first to depart. Little did they know that it would be their last time together. All of them but Alex, were murdered in various Nazi death camps. Alex’s daughter, Susie Weil Ernst, who lives here in southern Arizona, presents a loving tribute to his spirit and resilience.