Eddie Jaku, author of the best-selling book "The Happiest Man on Earth," and Holocaust survivor, died on October 12.

 

 

♦ Eddie Jaku died on October 12th, at the age of 101, in Sydney, Australia.

♦ Jaku was born in the German city of Leipzig in April 1920 as Abraham "Adi" Jakubowiez.

♦ He survived the Holocaust and was saved by US troops when he was nearly starved and sick with cholera and typhoid.

♦ He volunteered at the Sydney Jewish Museum, where he shared his life experiences and philosophies with visitors.

♦ He married Flore, a Jewish woman who survived the war by pretending to be a Christian, and they moved to Australia in 1950.