Logan Square in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

In Loving Memory of Sam Wasserman

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 17, 2022

1. In Loving Memory of Sam Wasserman Marker

Inscription.
Samuel "Sam" Wasserman was captured by the Nazis in 1942 and taken to the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland. His wife and two young children were executed immediately upon arrival, and Sam himself was forced into daily labor. Eventually, however, Sam escaped from the camp during an organized revolt. Sam then joined the resistance movement, continuing to fight as a partisan against the Nazis. Wounded in battle by a bullet, he was nursed back to health by a woman, Sophie, who would become his second wife.

Soon after the war, while living in a displaced persons camp in West Germany, Sam and Sophie had a daughter, Shelley, and the new family then moved together to the nascent country of Israel. The Wasserman family has grown steadily ever since, now including two grandchildren, David Adelman and Jami Adelman Morgenstern, and four great-grandchildren, Jade and Sage Adelman and Grant and Hudson Morganstern.

Sam's values and resilience inspired the lives of many, including his family friend, Alan Horwitz. the name of this Memorial Plaza honors these two people: Alan Horwitz, whose generous contribution helped make it

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possible, and Sam Wasserman, whose story reminds us both for hope for the future and to never forget the past.

Erected 2018 by USC Shoah Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Law Enforcement • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1942.

Location. 39° 57.303′ N, 75° 10.018′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Logan Square. It is at the intersection of Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Arch Street, on the left when traveling west on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 17, 2022

2. In Loving Memory of Sam Wasserman Marker

are within walking distance of this marker: Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs (here, next to this marker); Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs (here, next to this marker); Theresienstadt Tree (a few steps from this marker); Bearing Witness / Human Equality (a few steps from this marker); Protecting Life and Liberty / Totalitarianism (within shouting distance of this marker); Liberation / The Master Race (within shouting distance of this marker); Death Camps / American Democracy (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 785 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 21, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.