Abe Rich

In World War II, Germany invaded Lithuania (earlier absorbed by the Soviet Union) on June 22, 1941.

"[citation needed] Until his transfer, this SS man smuggled food to the boys, which proved important to their survival.

Approximately 3,000 of the 37,000 Jews living in Kovno survived the war, 500 of them by hiding in the forest, and 2,500 in German concentration camps.

They made clogs and canteens, and later internal scaffolding for the hangars the Germans erected to shield their aircraft from Allied reconnaissance and attack.

Morris was an invaluable witness in the Dachau War Crimes trial because of his photographic memory and the length of time the brothers had spent in the ghetto.

By the time the proceedings ended, the window for Jewish refugees provided by the Truman Declaration[clarification needed] had shut.

Shortening his surname to Rich, to match the usage of relatives already in the United States, he emigrated to the US in 1960, where he spent the remaining 46 years of his life (and never married).

He was particularly fond of Delrin trim rings and Ivorine-3 ferrules, assembling his cues with his own, top secret epoxy blend.