Bernat Rosner (born 29 January 1932) is a survivor of

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and

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. As the only survivor of his family he went to the

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in 1948 and became a U.S. citizen in 1953. Bernat Rosner was born in 1932 in

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as member of an

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family. In 1944, he and his family were deported to

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. Later he was transferred to

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. He was the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. The story of Bernat Rosner is told in the book ''An uncommon friendship'' (2001) written by Bernat Rosner and Frederic C. Tubach.''An uncommon friendship'' at California University Press
/ref> Tubach has the same age as Rosner, but was the son of a Nazi military officer. After they became friends in

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, they decided to publish the story of their youth and their friendship. Bernat Rosner went to high school at Thomas Jefferson School in

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and graduated in 1950 before attending

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(1954) and

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(1959). Before retiring in 1994, he was General Counsel of Safeway, Inc. (1984–1993), Vice Chair of the Antitrust Section of the

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(1990–91), the author of several articles, and a frequent lecturer on the Robinson Patman Act.

References

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