Ben Lesser, Holocaust Survivor, Leaves A Sensational Legacy

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Ben Lesser, Holocaust Survivor, Leaves A Sensational Legacy

Holocaust Survivor and Founder of The ZACHOR Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Benjamin Lesser, passed away peacefully on September 23, 2025, the first day of Rosh Hashana. He was just shy of 97 years old. In Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah is considered a tzaddik, or a person of great righteousness, who was needed until the very last moment of their year. Ben, indeed, fits that very description. Born in Krakow, Poland in 1…