David Schaecter, a Holocaust survivor who helmed the Holocaust Survivors’ Foundation USA and established the Holocaust memorial in Miami Beach, has died at 96.

His foundation announced Schaecter’s death Thursday, months after he delivered an address to the Senate Special Committee on Aging on April 30 about rising antisemitism in the United States.

“I am here to remind everyone that there are still thousands of survivors alive today who are in desperate need, and who cannot be forgotten,” Schaecter told the Senate committee. “Thank you for having this hearing on antisemitism. It has been a problem and is still a problem.”

His foundation, created in 2000, often took a more aggressive stance than other Jewish organizations in pursuing restitution of goods looted during the Holocaust. His

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