Dalck Feith — Person

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Dalck Feith was an Austrian-born American businessman, Holocaust survivor, and Betar member. He founded Dalco Manufacturing in Philadelphia in 1947 and owned the Dalco Co. since that year, while also serving as chairman of Lansdale Finishers, Inc., since 1956. He sat on the board of directors of the Bank & Trust Company of Old York Road. A philanthropist and donor to the Republican Party, Feith was appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council by President Reagan and chaired the Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial committee. In 1979, he received an honorary Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was the father of Douglas J. Feith, who served as U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy under President George W. Bush. The family resided in Elkins Park, part of Cheltenham Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his son Douglas grew up and attended Philadelphia's Central High School.

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Dalck Feith (1914-2005) was Douglas Feith's father. Born in Neibylec, Austria (now Poland), he was a member of Betar — the Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky. NOTE: The existing database describes Dalck as a 'Socialist Workers Party member' — this is INCORRECT. He was a right-wing Revisionist Zionist, the ideological opposite of socialism. Dalck survived the Holocaust but lost his entire family: parents and seven siblings in the concentration camps. He served in the British and U.S. Merchant Marine, surviving the sinking of three ships. With help from HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), he founded Dalco Manufacturing in Philadelphia. He chaired the committee that built the Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial (1964) — the first public Holocaust monument in North America. Reagan appointed him to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. He and Douglas were co-Guests of Honor at the ZOA's 100th anniversary dinner (1997). He and wife Rose donated the life sciences building at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Parent: Dalck Feith → Douglas Feith

Dalck Feith (1914-2005) was Douglas Feith's father. Born in Neibylec, Austria (now Poland), he was a member of Betar — the Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky. NOTE: The existing database describes Dalck as a 'Socialist Workers Party member' — this is INCORRECT. He was a right-wing Revisionist Zionist, the ideological opposite of socialism. Dalck survived the Holocaust but lost his entire family: parents and seven siblings in the concentration camps. He served in the British and U.S. Merchant Marine, surviving the sinking of three ships. With help from HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), he founded Dalco Manufacturing in Philadelphia. He chaired the committee that built the Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial (1964) — the first public Holocaust monument in North America. Reagan appointed him to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. He and Douglas were co-Guests of Honor at the ZOA's 100th anniversary dinner (1997). He and wife Rose donated the life sciences building at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1/1/2005

Appointed to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council

Appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council by President Reagan

1/1/1981

Received honorary Ph.D. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Received an honorary Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1/1/1979

Appointed Chairman of Lansdale Finishers, Inc.

Chairman since 1956

1/1/1956

Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founded Dalco Co. and established residence in Philadelphia

1/1/1947

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