The first response came in the form of a query from Bruce Weintraub, who wrote:
"Since you mentioned you're a Holocaust survivor, may I ask if you had the misfortune of being in a concentration camp? Or were you in hiding like Anne Frank? Your personal history may be the most interesting thing of all. A few years ago, I visited a concentration camp in Oranienburg, about an hour away from Berlin. Made me feel so sad."
I responded:
Thank you for your interest.
The answer to your question can be found in my biography.
"Emil Scheller is a retired lawyer. He was born in Vienna, Austria and came to the US in 1939 at the age of nine. He is a holocaust survivor, his father having been incarcerated first in Dachau and then in Buchenwald for about a year. His father survived and fled to Italy with his wife, Mr. Scheller's mother. After receiving American visas there they were able to join Mr. Scheller in the US in 1940.
Mr. Scheller holds a B.A. degree in in government and political science from CCNY and a Doctor of Juris in Law from Columbia University. Since retiring in 1990 he has spent much of his time studying American history."
I would think that there are very few people still alive who spent time in Nazi concentration camps. Leo Wells, a recent neighbor of mine was one of those, but he died recently.
Upon his passing I wrote a letter to my local newspaper which you can read here.
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