Among the Remnants - Gortler, Joshua H
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When three-year-old Joshua Gortler and his family were forced from their hometown in Poland during World War II, they scrambled for safety across border after border, finding refuge at last in Europe's Displaced Persons Camps. Undocumented and unschooled, Gortler spent his adolescence learning to survive. When his family eventually relocated to the US, Gortler found himself starting over as teenager in a foreign land with only his spunk and sharp wits to rely on.

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When three-year-old Joshua Gortler and his family were forced from their hometown in Poland during World War II, they scrambled for safety across border after border, finding refuge at last in Europe's Displaced Persons Camps. Undocumented and unschooled, Gortler spent his adolescence learning to survive. When his family eventually relocated to the US, Gortler found himself starting over as teenager in a foreign land with only his spunk and sharp wits to rely on.
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Joshua Gortler has received recognition for his contributions to the American system ofgeriatric social work, earning the respect of colleagues and government officials and thefamilies he has served. He galvanized the support of community leaders to turn Seattle's Jewishnursing home into a place based in humanitarian and religious values, respected for highstandards of its service to residents and their families and for fair and kind treatment of itsemployees. Late in life, he undertook the challenge of speaking to young people about hisexperiences as a remnant of the generations of Jewish families who had once called Polandtheir home.