Mr.Cywinskiis alsolooking to raise some $160 million more for an endowment to preserve the whole ofAuschwitzandBirkenau, whichrequiresmillions ofdollarsa year in conservation.
Born into a poor family in Salonika, Greece, Shlomo Venezia was arrested at the age of 21, in March 1944, and deported with his family to Auschwitz-Birkenau where he lost his mother and two sisters.