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Oct 28, 2009 · William “Bill” Basch, a retired Los Angeles garment industry executive who was one of the Holocaust survivors whose stories were told in the Oscar-winning documentary “The Last Days,” has died. He...
Bill Basch was born 1927 in the small agricultural village of Szaszovo, in the Carpathian Mountains. It seemed that he was born into the good life. He was the middle child, with two older brothers and two younger sisters.
May 18, 2021 · After doing a couple of odd jobs and learning English at night school, Bill Basch launched a successful women’s apparel manufacturing firm, Basch Fashions, in 1971. By that time, he had married Rose “Holly” Branberger, a fellow Holocaust survivor, and had three children.
Basch joined the Budapest Underground in 1942 and risked his life to deliver food and passports to Jews living in Raoul Wallenberg's safe houses.About the Wa...
Wallenberg Endowment recipient and renowned Holocaust survivor, William Basch, whose story was told in Steven Spielberg’s 1998 Academy Award-winning documentary, “The Last Days,” died...
Nov 3, 2003 · The power of one. This was the message Bill Basch delivered at the 13th annual Wallenberg Lecture Oct. 28, and a concept he has embodied throughout his courageous life. Donald Brown, professor emeritus of psychology, and Bill Basch meet after the Wallenberg Lecture.
Apr 10, 2003 · Bill Basch was born in 1927 in the small village of Szaszovo, in the Carpathian Mountains of eastern Czechoslovakia which today is part of western Ukraine. His father owned the largest store in the village.
