George Salton

George Salton survived ten Nazi concentration camps and emigrated to the United States in 1947, where he forged a new life. He proudly served in the US Army and became an American citizen. Using the GI Bill, Salton earned a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University. George Salton had a distinguished career with the Department of Defense eventually becoming Director of Defense Communications at the Pentagon. In 2002 George and his...See more

George Salton survived ten Nazi concentration camps and emigrated to the United States in 1947, where he forged a new life. He proudly served in the US Army and became an American citizen. Using the GI Bill, Salton earned a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University. George Salton had a distinguished career with the Department of Defense eventually becoming Director of Defense Communications at the Pentagon. In 2002 George and his daughter, Anna Salton Eisen, cowrote his bestselling memoir, The 23rd Psalm. He spent many years speaking and sharing his story and teaching the lessons of the Holocaust which are becoming ever more critical to humanity. He died after a sudden illness at the age of eighty-eight on March 13, 2016. See less