Martin Wasserman was born in Warsaw, Poland. He lived with his parents, three brothers, and sister. In the first weeks of the German occupation, Martin was seized on the street by the Nazis and taken away. He never saw his family again. He was sent to Radom, Poland, where he was a slave laborer in a munitions factory. During the next four years, Martin was imprisoned at several Nazi labor camps, including two camps near Stuttgart, Germany. On April 29, 1945, he was liberated by American troops at Dachau concentration camp. For several months after the war, he joined other Jewish survivors who tracked down and killed SS men. In 1950, Martin immigrated to the United States and promptly joined the U. S. Army. He later married. He and his wife have three children.
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