Henry Oertelt
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Author, Speaker, Holocaust Survivor |
| Location | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Links | Audio Clip, Wishlist |
| Introduction | Eighty-eight year old Holocaust survivor Henry Oertelt was liberated by General Patton’s Third Army during the Flossenburg Death March in April, 1945. He arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1949 and has spent 40 years lecturing about his experiences and the importance of tolerance, political involvement, and confronting hatred. Oertelt is a member of the Jewish Community Relations Council’s (JCRC) Holocaust Education Commission, a recipient of JCRC’s “Volunteer of the Year” award, as well as recipient of the distinguished “Eleven Who Care” honor from KARE 11-TV in Minnesota. On April 23, 2006, St. Paul, Minnesota, honored him with the key to the city and proclaimed “Henry A. Oertelt Day.” Oertelt is additionally a recipient of two honorary doctorate degrees from St. Cloud State University and South West State University in Minnesota. |
| Interests | Family, Friends, Holocaust education |