Philip Weiss, survivor

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This article was published 05/09/2008 (6434 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

The funeral of 86-year-old Philip Weiss took place at Shaarey Zedek this afternoon. It was a remarkable service celebrating an astonishing man.He and his family survived the Holocaust. Weiss was separated from his beloved younger brother Leo, who had always considered himself Philip’s protector. Leo wept yesterday afternoon as he revealed he still feels a profound guilt for not being able to spare his brother the atrocities of the Nazis.Weiss was liberated from the second of his concentration camps on May 5, 1945. He eventually made his way to Winnipeg and became a business success. But his resonance as a great Manitoban came when he chose to relive the horrors of the war, insisting on giving life to the memories of those who perished.He educated thousands of young Manitobans, visiting their schools and universities and imploring them never to forget.And so, as elections are fought on both sides of the border, let’s step away from partisan politics and remember a man who came through hell determined to prevent another Holocaust.