Mr. Ipson is a Holocaust survivor and co-founder of the Holocaust Museum of Richmond. He was born in Lithuania, as an only child.  Jay’s father was a lawyer, and was forced to stop practicing law because he was a Jew when the Holocaust began.  The Jews were given an extremely hard time just for who they were, and Jay was no exception.  He was in a line for deportation about to be killed!  He has been in life or death situations many times!  Even after the Holocaust when most survivors are too grief stricken to share their experiences with the world (and they certainly have a reason to), Jay Ipson made sure that no one he talked to would ever go without the knowledge and the understanding of the Holocaust in their minds ever again.  

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