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Oct. 5, 2025

1:30 p.m.

Mount Sinai Memorial Park and Mortuary

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Ben Lesser Obituary

October 18, 1928 - September 23, 2025 Holocaust survivor, author, and founder of the ZACHOR Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Ben Lesser, passed away peacefully at 96 on September 23, 2025. Born in Krakow in 1928, he survived four concentration camps, two death trains, and a death march; only he and his sister Lola survived. Ben immigrated to Los Angeles, marrying his beloved wife, Jean Singer, in 1950. Together they built a family, a real estate business, and later moved to Las Vegas, and founded ZACHOR. He's survived by daughters Sherry and Gail, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Services Sunday October 5, at 1:30pm Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Hollywood.

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Published by Los Angeles Times from Oct. 2 to Oct. 5, 2025.

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Funeral service

1:30 p.m.

Mount Sinai Memorial Park and Mortuary

5950 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068

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