Severin fayerman biography definition

When Severin Fayerman died last year, his daughter Kris Fayerman-Piatt, a Milton native, thought she knew all there was to know about her father’s Holocaust story.

But it turned out she knew only a part of it.

The pain of the Holocaust apparently caused her father to keep his true identity buried deep inside until the day he died.

'This Was All New To Me'

Six months after he died, Kris received an email printout in the mail.

The subject line read: “Our fathers were 1st cousins.” It was from her second cousin. Kris was shocked and surprised.

Born in Poland in , Fayerman founded the Reading company with his father, Henry, in One of Berks County's most visible business.

Born in Poland in , Fayerman founded the Reading company with his father, Henry, in One of Berks County's most visible business.

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Severin Fayerman was born shortly after World War 1 in an area that had been under German occupation for several hundred years.

Kris Fayerman-Piatt, a Milton native, thought she knew all there was to know about her father's Holocaust story.

Fayerman's family business, a small tool and die company, was taken over by the Germans and his family was eventually forced out and separated.

“I didn’t even know this side of my family existed,” she said.

“I am sorry about your loss," the email began. "After a hiatus of more than 25 years of attempting to get my father Severin with your father Severin. Unfortunately it never occurred.”

The email contained more news.

At age 60, Kris learned that she was Jewish.

It was there between the lines of the email -- a me