Walter Ziffer
Walter Ziffer (born 5 March 1927 in Těšín, Czechoslovakia) to a German-speaking Jewish family was one of the many survivors of the German-led Holocaust. After immigrating to the United States, Ziffer received an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University, two master's degrees from the Graduate School of Theology of Oberlin College and a doctorate in theology from the University of Strasbourg in early Christian history, Biblical Hebrew and comparative religion. He is the author of many books including Confronting the Silence: A Holocaust Survivor’s Search for God and has spoken regularly throughout Western North Carolina regarding his experiences throughout the Holocaust.
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