Holocaust survivor speaks to area students

YOUNGSTOWN Sol Factor had what he described as a good life with his adoptive parents, though that did not dim his quest to find his biological mother. My mother was 22 when I was born, and she had lost all of her family, Factor, 80, of Solon, said. When he was about 2 weeks old, Factor and his mother, Rosa Pollak, were separated before he was brought to the United States in November 1947 to be adopted, Factor told a large audience of middle and high school students as well as their teachers from Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties, who filled Stambaugh Auditorium on Thursday morning to hear his presentation centered on efforts to find his biological mother. In his lecture, titled The search for Rosa, Factor, a 37-year educator, discussed his childhood and efforts to locate his mother. Hosting the gathering was the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation. Factor, who was born in Munich and given the name Meier Pollack, noted that some chi