A harrowing story of survival

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, about six million Jews were murdered by Nazi Germans during WW II.

Dr. Jacob Eisenbach was asked to give a speech Sunday, in Jackson, Wyoming, about the dark time in history, the holocaust.

Eisenbach recounts his story about surviving the holocaust, losing his father and sister to Nazi Germans, and his youngest brother, who was put to death in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Eisenbach and his brother Sam were the only two left in his family, and when Eisenbach was captured by Nazi Germans and could possibly end up dying in the gas chamber, his brother Sam turned to him and said that if he goes, then he would follow.

The brothers eventually escaped the ghetto like prison and the hold of the Nazis Germans and went forward in their lives.

Sam who changed his name, joined the Polish Army, and was later fatally shot by fellow soldiers who found out he was Jewish.

Eisenbach married a fellow survivor, Irene, became a dentist and moved to Los Angeles to have his practice. He had three sons and grand children.

When asked if Eisenbach forgives what Hitler and the Nazis Germans did to him and his family and the millions of murdered Jews, he said, “I turn an enemy into a friend, so my revenge is not the typical type of revenge. My revenge is that Hitler’s gone, but we are here.”

Eisenbach credits miracles and unfortunate events that guided him to his life purpose and wants to spread the word of kindness instead of hate.

He hopes that people will never forget what the power of hate can do.

“The most important lessons that I learned is that no matter how dark the clouds may be, there will always be a day when the sun breaks through. Which means as long as you’re alive, you should never lose hope. Even when you’re at the bottom of the pit, never lose hope for a better tomorrow,” Eisnbach said.