Shlomo Wahrman

Shlomo Wahrman was born to Rivka and Yosef Wahrman in Leipzig, Germany. In 1939, at the age of twelve, he and his Polish-born parents and siblings were granted visas to come to the United States.^[1] Many years later (in 1997), the Shoah Foundation interviewed Wahrman and his wife regarding their experiences before and during World War II.^[2] Wahrman himself concluded his book, Lest We Forget: Growing up in Nazi Leipzig 1933-1939, thus:

All these events have delivered a powerful message to me. Any Jewish city anywhere could potentially suffer Leipzig's fate, chas v’shalom. There is no safety and security for us in galut, even in a democracy. The German Weimar Republic was a democracy, yet it could not prevent the emergence of a Hitler. When the anti-Semites so decreed, Leipzig, a city of 18,000 Jews, became Judenrein.^[1]

Soon after arriving in New York City, Wahrman's family moved to Cincinnati. There, he developed a close relationship with Eliezer Silver, who Wahrman would later regard as his rav muvhak (foremost teacher). Silver encouraged Wahrman's writing.^[1] Wahrman studied at several yeshivas in the United States, including Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey.

Wahrman served as the Rosh HaYeshiva at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County.^[3]

Wahrman married Sarah Malka Herskovitz, a Holocaust survivor.

Wahrman wrote over a dozen books and numerous articles published under a pseudonym in various Torah journals. He wrote a series of analyses of Torah topics titled Shearis Yosef.^[3] For decades, he contributed to Torah journals including Ohr HaMizrach, HaMaor, HaPardes, and HaDarom.^[4]