William Ungar (January 21, 1913 – September 19, 2013)[1][2] was a Polish-born American author, philanthropist, Holocaust survivor, and founder of the National Envelope Corporation.
Ungar was born to a Jewish family in Poland where he worked as a teacher in a technical high school.
[3] He returned to his home and when it was overrun by the German Army, he was able to remain hidden thanks to identification documents given to him by a Catholic friend.
[3] He escaped and once again returned home, where he was hidden by his Ukrainian landlord in a basement crawl space for nine months.
[3] Ungar came to America in 1946, arriving on May 20 aboard the SS Marine Flasher, the first deportee boat to reach American shores after World War II.