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Noach Flug Obituary
The Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel said Flug died Thursday morning at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.
Flug "worked day and night in Israel and around the world for the good of his fellow survivors," center spokesman Uri Arazi said. "He was a man of integrity and a leader."
Born in Poland in 1925, Flug was deported from the Lodz ghetto, where he was a member of the anti-Nazi underground, to the Auschwitz death camp in August 1944. Nearly all his family was killed at that camp, but he managed to survive it and two other concentration camps.
In 1958 he emigrated to Israel, working as an economist and a diplomat.
But it was as a champion of Holocaust survivors in their fight for reparations that he left his greatest mark.
He held leading positions on the Jewish Claims Conference, the World Jewish Restitution Organization, the International Auschwitz Committee and the Israeli Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem.
Flug also served as chairman of the umbrella organization of Holocaust survivors in Israel, the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, lobbying the government successfully for larger stipends for survivors.
In 2006, Germany awarded him the country's Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for his "decades-long work on behalf of survivors of the Holocaust and his tireless efforts to promote understanding between Jews and non-Jews and between Israel and Germany."
Israel has more Holocaust survivors than any other country, some 220,000.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement expressing his "deep sorrow" over Flug's passing.
"Despite the terrible suffering he endured during the Holocaust, Noach still found the strength, dignity and determ ination to lead the fight for compensation, restitution and above all, for justice," said Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress.
Flug is survived by his wife, Dorota, two daughters and four grandchildren, Arazi said.
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press
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June 4, 2015
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August 13, 2014
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Stephanie Luzbetak
August 13, 2011
Remembering your life of personal sorrow and joy. Thank you for remembering the forgotten.
Lynda Sauvlet
August 13, 2011
Mr. Flug, a caring man who helped so many. You had a beautiful, beautiful heart. God Bless your caring soul, and my sympathies to your family.
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Bob Hartman
August 12, 2011
Mensch, humanitarian, hero. Mr. Flug was all of these and more. Rest in peace, my friend. God bless your soul.
Henryk Zaleski
August 12, 2011
Rest in the arms of our Lord.
Lydia Kaplan
August 12, 2011
There's a Yiddish expression which goes as follows:
Zulst zein a gutteh betteren far aleh gutteh menshein, which sort of translates to may you look out for all good people. He obviously did that in life and will continue to do so in his afterlife. I hope that he meets up with his lost loved ones and attains the peace that he so rightly deserves.
Pete Ulicny
August 12, 2011
Mr. Flug did great work for Holocaust survivors. May he rest in peace. God bless his family and friends.
August 12, 2011
What a great man, Thank you for all you did. Karen McClune, Auburn, WA
R Golay
August 11, 2011
To the the family of Noach Flug - May God give you peace and comfort through his word and the Lord Jesus Christ during this time of sorrow, I know that he will be missed by many.
John J. Pressley
August 11, 2011
Just ... an awesome human being ... Perhaps if we " look " we may find more ... Put this mans service to his planet & mankind in the front pages ...!!! My new foundation ... HPH ... honors this man .. Bless your heart Noach , for blessing the hearts and minds of all you had to leave behind during that " time " .. by remebering for us ... JJP
howdy wright
August 11, 2011
have a peaceful sleep in the arms of your lord. you deserve it. one of the few out of six million that made it. you have a place in history and our hearts.
Deanna Neuberg
August 11, 2011
A true pioneer ~ brave, compassionate and excellent role model.
Dave Johnson
August 11, 2011
Thank you for never losing sight of the right thing.
M M
August 11, 2011
Bless you for all that you have done to help the survivors and their families of these camps.
Joyce Gorden
August 11, 2011
A great example of a human being. Because of you the world is a better place.
Jack Schultz
August 11, 2011
Gone but not forgotten!
Wanda McKeithan
August 11, 2011
Thank you Mr. Flug!
Jane Dowling
August 11, 2011
God bless you, and thank you for all that you've done...R.I.P.
August 11, 2011
All the best to family and loved ones on your loss. May the God of all comfort be with you all.
David J Bhaltazhar Esq
August 11, 2011
Shalom.
SHERRY GUNNELL
August 11, 2011
R.I.P.
Robert Zirbel
August 11, 2011
so SILENT WAS YOUR LEAVING
by
Robert M. H. Zirbel
So silent was your leaving,
Not a sound to say goodbye,
Just a silence that you left behind
And that silence seemed to say
“Please, please…
Do not grieve…
For I just had to go.”
So silent was your leaving,
Uttering not a painful cry
Nor even a fearful moan.
And that silence seemed to say
“Please, please…
Do not grieve…
For I just had to go.”
That silence is still not shattered
Even though my tears pour down
To join with all the unsaid words…
Those special, special words…
That I had always meant to say.
If I had cried out
“Please, please do not go.”
Would you have stayed?
No, I think not
For you had been called…
And you knew you had to go.
Yes, you knew you had to go.
What a great loving person he was.
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