Remembering a Boy the World Should Never Forget Kazimierz Koper was born on April 3, 1927 in the auiet town of Tarnow, Poland. He was just a child-only fourteen years old--when his life was suddenlv taken from the safety of home and family and sent into a world no child should ever know. On Mav 4, 1941, Kazimierz was deported to Auschwitz. Like so many others, his hair was cut, his name replaced with a number- 11617-and his childhood was stolen in an instant. What should have been years of school, laughter, and dreams became days of fear and hardship. In 1942, Kazimierz was transferred to another camp. He never returned. He was only fifteen years old Kazimierz's story is painfully short, but it matters deeply. During the Holocaust millions of ethnic Poles lost their lives, and many of their names faded quietly into history. Remembering Kazimierz is a way of giving one of those names back its voice He was not just a number. He was not iust a statistic He was a son, a boy, a life full of possibilities. By remembering Kazimierz Koper, we honor all the children whose futures were taken too soon-and we remind the world that every single life mattered REMEMBER KAZIMIERZ KOPER.