Claire Friedlander Family Foundation
About the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation
The Friedlander Family Foundation was established by Claire Friedlander, a Holocaust Survivor, whose life was saved by people who took a stand against prejudice and intolerance. Claire’s story is not a unique one—she and her parents managed to escape the round-up of her little village in southeast Poland—her aunts, uncles, grandparents and little brother weren’t so lucky as they were pushed onto a train bound for the “work camps”. Claire, a teen at the time, and her parents “lived” with a Catholic peasant family a few towns from her village—they were in hiding in the barn and feared for lives each day for more than 2 years. The Pollacks did not know the Friedlanders nor were they compensated to put their own lives at risk—they did so because they were good people who knew what was right. This is something that Claire never forgot and it is why, in her life and now in her memory, she (and we on the board) embrace tolerance understanding and education as critical to our mission. The Claire Friedlander Foundation, in addition to our efforts in the area of tolerance education and Holocaust remembrance has also adopted a multi-faceted platform of supporting nonprofit, charitable organizations in the following fields of Fine Arts, Healthcare, Education and Pets & Wildlife.
The Friedlander Family Foundation was established by Claire Friedlander, a Holocaust Survivor, whose life was saved by people who took a stand against prejudice and intolerance. Claire’s story is not a unique one—she and her parents managed to escape the round-up of her little village in southeast Poland—her aunts, uncles, grandparents and little brother weren’t so lucky as they were pushed onto a train bound for the “work camps”. Claire, a teen at the time, and her parents “lived” with a Catholic peasant family a few towns from her village—they were in hiding in the barn and feared for lives each day for more than 2 years. The Pollacks did not know the Friedlanders nor were they compensated to put their own lives at risk—they did so because they were good people who knew what was right. This is something that Claire never forgot and it is why, in her life and now in her memory, she (and we on the board) embrace tolerance understanding and education as critical to our mission. The Claire Friedlander Foundation, in addition to our efforts in the area of tolerance education and Holocaust remembrance has also adopted a multi-faceted platform of supporting nonprofit, charitable organizations in the following fields of Fine Arts, Healthcare, Education and Pets & Wildlife.
To learn more about the foundation, visit their website at http://www.cffamilyfoundation.org/