Nathan Leon Leipciger has been an active Holocaust educator for over 30 years, public speaker and author from Toronto. Leipciger has been Awarded The Meritorious Service Medal and The Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers by the Governor General of Canada, in recognition of his extensive volunteer work in Holocaust education and remembrance activities . In 2019, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws in recognition of his lifelong dedication to Holocaust education and human rights advocacy. He Co-founded, along with Gerda Frieberg, the Toronto Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre and served on the International Council of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum for 15 years. He is a dedicated speaker with Canada’s March of the Living delegation. By 2025, he marked his 21st participation—he consistently emphasizes combating hatred and preserving memory. In 2025 Leipcigar was awarded “Member of the Order of Canada” for humanitarian education in Canada and abroad.

Forced to leave their home in Chorzów when the Germans invaded Poland, Leipciger and his family were moved to the Sosnowiec Ghetto. in Sosnowiec.  At age 15, he, his sister and mother were transferred to Auschwitz-Birkenau. His mother and sister were murdered in Auschwitz.  At the selection ramp in Berkenau his father’s intervention allowed him to be moved from the line destined to the gas chamber to the concentration camp.  Leipciger ended up as forced labour in various other camps in Silesia. He endured a staggering six more camps after Auschwitz, including Gross-Rosen, Flossenbürg, and Mühldorf, ultimately surviving again against overwhelming odds. By liberation in April 1945, only he and his father remained alive.

We are deeply honoured to have his endorsement for The Holocaust Book.