In 1947, the family acquired visas for the United States and shortly thereafter left for New York, where the family shared a small apartment with eight other relatives. Sittenfeld later enrolled in a high school, graduated as valedictorian and attended the University of Pennsylvania for chemical engineering. Soon after graduating, Sittenfeld was drafted into the army and was shipped off to Korea where he was then transferred to Germany to assist generals in learning the language. Sittenfeld believes the most important take away from his experience is that people understand Jewish people were not the only ones affected by the Holocaust. “The most important thing that I would like to convey to you, you are at an age with this is important, the Holocaust was not perpetrated just but the Nazis…there were six million Jews that were killed, plus anywhere between three and five million others, including gays, people with disabilities, sick
In 1947, the family acquired visas for the United States and shortly thereafter left for New York, where the family shared a small apartment with eight other relatives. Sittenfeld later enrolled in a high school, graduated as valedictorian and attended the University of Pennsylvania for chemical engineering. Soon after graduating, Sittenfeld was drafted into the army and was shipped off to Korea where he was then transferred to Germany to assist generals in learning the language. Sittenfeld believes the most important take away from his experience is that people understand Jewish people were not the only ones affected by the Holocaust. “The most important thing that I would like to convey to you, you are at an age with this is important, the Holocaust was not perpetrated just but the Nazis…there were six million Jews that were killed, plus anywhere between three and five million others, including gays, people with disabilities, sick