About Lou Dunst

-2005-

January 16, 2005—Forum: Stories Told and Written of the Holocaust, Congregation Beth Israel, San Diego,

January 3, 2005—Donald H. Harrison, "Major Holocaust conference, partially funded with money kept from victims by French banks, brings scholars, artists together in San Diego,"

September 23, 2005—"Local Survivor Donates Memorabilia," page 19: Recently Lou Dunst, a Holocaust survivor, donated his only possession from the Holocaust to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. The item (presented to Susan Snyder, the museum's director of collections) was a metal band with his ID number that was wired to his wrist like a bracelet. The band was made from the Cyklon B cans that were used to gas the prisoners. Dunst was not tattooed because he was to be gassed immediately. He was even in the sealed gas chamber waiting for the fumes to come on. At a miracle moment the doors were opened and the commandant of the camp (Mauthausen) said that the coal to burn their bodies was too expensive and he would send them where they would disappear at no cost to the Third Reich.

Fall 2005, Agency for Jewish Education of San Diego, Annual Report 2004-2005, "Todah Rabbah to all our generous Donors!," page 12: ...Gilborim...Courageous—...Lou and Estelle Dunst...

Fall 2005, Seacrest Village Retirement Communities, Happenings: Senior Living in the Jewish Tradition, pages 6-7: It is through the generosity of our Donors that we are able to provide for the well-being of each of our residents. We appreciate your generosity. The following list represents all Donors to our many efforts beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005. These gifts have helped the Homes to provide the vital services needed for our residents.... Mr. and Mrs. Lou Dunst.

November 18, 2005—"One Torah That Survivied," page 16: Lou Dunst and Sofer Alberto Attia symbolically added the last letter to a restored Torah at a ceremony at the Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos, CA. It took Attia over eight months to complete the task of restoration. While on the March of the Living in Poland, two members of the group entered an antique shop in Warsaw and discovered two damaged and abandoned Torah scrolls. The scrolls were hand carried to Israel and then to the United States; one making its way to San Diego and the other finding its home in Silocon Valley, all due to the determination of Helaine and Dr. Steve Green of San Jose. They enlisted the aid of individuals and Jewish Agencies to achieve funding and support; together they worked to see the restoration of this Torah.

-2006-
—Peter Rowe, "A tearful, joyous surprise: At his 80th birthday party, Holocaust survivor meets soldier who liberated him," San Diego Union-Tribune