Nathan Shapell

Born in Poland, Nathan Shapell spent World War II as a prisoner of the infamous Buchenwald and Auschwitz Concentration Camps where most of his family members, including his mother, were executed. In 1952, Nathan and Lilly Shapell, along with their daughter Vera, immigrated to the United States. Mrs. Lilly Shapell, his wife of 48 years,passed away in 1994. Mr. Shapell was a major philanthropist here in America, as well as in Israel. He was a Founder of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and was also a major donor to Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust museum and memorial. Mr. Shapell is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Vera and Paul Guerin; grand-children, Lisa, Dana, and Michael; and three great-grandchildren, as well as his brother David Shapell and brother-in-law Max Webb.