Pestka and two other prisoners escaped during a forced death march. and were found by members of the Free French Army. Henry joined the Polish Battalion of the Free French Army. He has the unique distinction of being not only one of the few survivors of Auschwitz Death Camp. but also a decorated combat veteran of the Allied cause in the Second World War. Tragically. both his parents and siblings perished. Henry was the only survivor. In 1946. at the urging of his only living relatives. Henry immigrated to the United States and settled in Grand Rapids. MI. When Henry arrived. he could not speak English.
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