Feig, Werner M., 1932-1997
Biography
Werner Feig taught Middle and Upper School history at Nightingale from 1991 to 1997. Additional roles included Head of the History department 1991-1995, advisor to CAFE and Model Congress, and Upper School advisor 1991-1997.
Mr Feig was born in Breslau, Germany in 1932. He moved to Hongkew, a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai, China to escape the Holocaust. He later settled in Pittsburgh, where he attended high school and college. He further earned an MAT at Harvard University in 1959 and an MA in political science in 1965 from the University of Chicago. He taught history at Scarsdale High School prior to Nightingale.
The Werner Feig Holocaust Memorial Lecture was established in [___] in his honor. It is sponsored by the family of Julie Kenner Case '94.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Documentary film, "Defiant Requiem," written and directed by Doug Shultz, 2013, 2016
History department assignment sheets, samples of student work, course outlines, review sheets, 1996
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