I have been actively involved in the local and national Jewish community for more than sixty years. I take pride as a founder of the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach and have devoted numerous hours with grade
school, high school and also university students. I have accompanied more than 8500 high school students on the many March of the Living trips to Poland and Israel sharing my story with local Jewish teens. Since the completion of the “Memorial” thirty-five years ago, we have recorded more than 3 million visitors. The Memorial is the place where I educate and contemplate. It is the only burial site for my murdered family and that of many others. It is the place of solace to the elderly survivors who call south Florida home. In 2018, my story was captured on film by producer and world-renowned Holocaust scholar Michael Berenbaum in the documentary entitled “A Call to Remember: The David Schaecter Story.”
I was humbled that Sydney and I were selected as Temple Judea’s 2019 Pillars of Judah Honorees. The Pillars of Judah Award honors individuals who are extraordinary volunteers with the ability to engage the hearts and minds of
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