Philip Riteman

rdf:langString Philip Riteman

rdf:langString Philip Riteman

rdf:langString Philip Riteman

rdf:langString Philip Riteman, ONS, ONL (February 14, 1922 – August 8, 2018) was a Polish Auschwitz survivor who, in 1989, after forty years of silence, lectured on his experiences in public and private schools, community centres and universities in North America. Philip had recently visited Astral Drive Junior High School for the third time (first being 2002/2003, second being 2010), Gaetz Brook Junior High in Eastern Shore (2009-2010), Father Mercredi Highschool and Westwood High School, in Fort McMurray, May 5, 2011 and Prince Andrew High School, in Dartmouth, November 7, 2011. He also visited Gorsebrook Junior High School in the early 1990s. Riteman was fourteen years of age when he and his family were captured along with other Jews from his home in . Luckily, he was able to pass as an eighteen-year-old because of his large build, saving his life. He performed hard labor for the Nazis from 1939 until May 2, 1945. He also spent some time in the Krakow Volunteer Fire Department. His personal identification number was 98,706. Later he became a book salesman.