Simon Spatz, from Holocaust to Halifax, a story of survival and success
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Simon Spatz, from Holocaust to Halifax, a story of survival and success
Language
eng
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non fiction
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Simon Spatz
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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from Holocaust to Halifax, a story of survival and success
Summary
A fascinating biography of the high-profile Jewish Nova Scotian businessman-a man who not only survived but thrived against all odds. In Simon Spatz, former journalism professor Michael Cobdon tells the remarkable story of a fighter, a survivor, an achiever, a man of extraordinary determination and spirit. After bringing his family out of poverty in Poland, surviving the Holocaust in an area where 97 per cent of Jews were murdered, and immigrating to Canada at nearly forty with little money and no knowledge of English, Spatz would open a successful Halifax grocery business before entering into real estate in the 1950s. Known today as the magnate behind the international, multi-billion-dollar real estate development firm Southwest Properties, Spatz remains an inspiration to Nova Scotia's business and Jewish communities. What his family calls a "larger-than-family-pride human narrative," Simon Spatz is the story of a man shaped, but not destroyed, by one of the cruelest events in human history, a no-holds-barred depiction of a man who did more than build a life for himself and his family: he left behind a legacy
Target audience
adult
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- Jews -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Holocaust survivors -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Immigrants -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Halifax (N.S.) -- Biography
- Southwest Properties (Halifax, N.S.) -- History
- Real estate business -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
- Success in business -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
- Real estate developers -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Spatz, Simon, 1913-2007
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- Jews -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Holocaust survivors -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Immigrants -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Halifax (N.S.) -- Biography
- Southwest Properties (Halifax, N.S.) -- History
- Real estate business -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
- Success in business -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
- Real estate developers -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Spatz, Simon, 1913-2007
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