Saturday, July 29, 2023

Sam Oliner, Holocaust survivor & Founder of the Altruistic Behavior Institute

"Sam Oliner, also from Poland, arrived from a displaced persons camp in 1945 'totally uneducated and forlorn.' The staff observed his intuitive skill with animals, and they encouraged him to keep pets of his own. He learned 'not only reading and writing but also how to cooperate, how to be kind,' he said. Tante Anna in particular struck him as 'a farsighted and truly altruistic human being.'”

~ Deborah Cadbury

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-schoolteacher-who-spirited-her-students-away-from-the-nazis-180980393/

"Samuel Oliner"

https://www.torahcafe.com/torahcafemobile/video/14fd2e5ba

"About | The Altruistic Behavior Institute"

https://altruism.humboldt.edu/about-3

"He leaves behind close friends and colleagues too numerous to mention, among them Arthur Rose, his childhood friend from Bunce Court."

"Samuel Oliner Obituary (1930 - 2021)" - Walnut Creek

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/samuel-oliner-obituary?id=31612268

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