I survived extreme poverty in Latvia, the horrors of Nazi occupation where I lost my family and fiancée during the Holocaust, and managed to escape a death march to become one of only 1,000 Latvian Jews to survive World War II. After struggling for years in New York with no money and unable to speak English, I eventually sold my pen inventions, found love with June Ruth Goldberg at age 50, and went on to hold patents for 40 pen designs that sold over 100 million pens. My journey from the lowest depths of despair to the highest jubilation demonstrates the resilience of the human spirit. Come to Portraits of Survival to learn more.