From impoverished survivior of death camps to successful businessman in the U.S., Siegbert “Siggi” B. Wilzig believes in telling Holocaust survivor stories. Read his in the new book “Unstoppable,” the story of his life.
Concentration Camps
In February 1943, the Nazis sent the Wilzig family, which lived in Berlin, to Auschwitz. That’s where his parents died. Two years later he was at the Mauthesen concentration camp, which American troops liberated in May 1945.
Coming to America
After spending two years helping the Americans track down Nazis, he emigrated to the U.S. in December 1947. He worked humble jobs during his early years in New York. Wilzig found lifelong companionship when he married Naomi Sisselman.
Businessman
Wilzig always moved forward. He purchased stock in the Wilshire Oil Company, and he eventually became president and CEO of the Texas company. The Trust Company of New Jersey caught his eye too. He rose to become chairman and president of the bank that grew to a value of $4 billion.
Horrors Never Forgotten
The holocaust survivor was also a philanthropist who helped fund a hospital, a nursing home and more. Never did Wilzig, who died in 2003, forget the importance of Holocaust survivor stories. He was the first of this group to speak before an audience at West Point. He was also named a member of the Holocaust Memorial Council in D. C.
Joshua M. Greene, a Holocaust scholar, wrote “Unstoppable.” To order this book of Holocaust survivor stories, go to .
