Donald Wittenberg’s Legacy Lives On | Philadelphia News

Philadelphia News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 3, 2026 · 2m

Donald Wittenberg, a Holocaust survivor turned educator who dedicated decades to preserving Philadelphia’s Holocaust history, is being honored with the naming of the Holocaust Awareness Museum’s archives in his memory. His personal quest to uncover family history and tell survivors’ stories accurately transformed the museum from a basement operation into an educational powerhouse reaching 400,000 youth. Guided by his father’s postwar search for lost relatives, Wittenberg curated powerful artifacts—like a Zyklon B canister and a prisoner’s bread dough die—focusing on resilience over graphic…