Henry Landman was born in Augsburg Germany on June 12, 1920, during the rise of Nazism, and on Kristallnacht (1938) went with his father Joseph to Dachau. A lawyer, Charles Aukin in London, prepared a Temporary Transit Visa for Henry, and he was released from Dachau and went to London on April 15, 1939, by himself. He arrived in NYC on Thanksgiving Day 1939, later he joins the US Army and is there at the liberation of Dachau and is the first American soldier to enter Augsburg. Later he returned to Washington Heights and married Lisa Oettinger and had 2 sons, Bobby and Ricky. He was an excellent skier and played tennis until he was 93 years old and could still drive his car. He attended Congregation Beit Simchat Torah several times, including the Kristallnacht Shabbat in 2014. He was a founding member of the Bellerose Jewish Center and remained a member until his death. He passed away on December 29, 2014.