(1927- June 4, 2011)
As A Child
Felix Zandman was born in Grodno, Belarus, then in eastern Poland.[2] In October 1941, at the age of 14 he arrived at the Grodno Ghetto (liquidated at the end of 1942) with parents, sisters, grandparents and many other relatives. He survived the Holocaust thanks to a family of Polish Righteous Jan and Anna Puchalski who hid him and his uncle for 17 months. Their main hiding place was a dugout 170 cm long, 150 cm wide and, only 120 cm tall.Felix Zandman shared this hideaway with three other Jewish refugees. One of them, his uncle Sender Freydowicz, taught him trigonometry, and advanced mathematics in the long hours of darkness.[3] The advanced Soviet Army liberated them in July 1944. With other survivors, he remained for a short time in Poland. In the summer of 1946, Zandman was able to emigrate legally to France.
Professional life as an employee
Zandman worked initially for two years as a lecturer at the Ecole de l'Air, the French Academy of Aeronautics.[4] He then worked as an engineer in his specialty field of voltage measurement for a publicly owned company, which manufactured aircraft engines.In 1956, Zandman presented his methods and self-developed instruments for the first time in the U.S.. He was able to establish important contacts with leading professors and well-known users of its specific field. He was eventually employed by the company Tatnall Measuring Systems in Philadelphia as director of basic research. Initially, he concentrated on measuring the development of his case, voltages of optical coatings. Then he developed a temperature-resistant electrical resistance. His employer, however, had no interest in the marketing of this invention.
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