Max Glauben (born Moniek Mendel Glauben on January 14, 1928, in Warsaw, Poland; died April 28, 2022, in Dallas, Texas)[1] was a Polish-born American educator, community organizer, writer, and Holocaust survivor.
[2] After liberation, Glauben moved to the United States and settled in Dallas in the early 1950s.
He was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and worked in the toy industry until his retirement.
[2] For "being a source of hope and inspiration for his message of tolerance, fairness and forgiveness," the Dallas Morning News named Glauben its "Texan of the Year" in 2019.
[3] Glauben's mother Faiga and younger brother Heniek were murdered in the gas chambers at Majdenek.