A Sparks man who survived the holocaust passed away last week.
Mitka Kalinksi was about six when the Nazis attacked his boarding school in Soviet Ukraine.
After being captured, he escaped from a concentration camp but was then forced to work as a child-slave on a Nazi soldier's farm for seven years.
He was eventually freed and came to the U.S. as a teenager, learning English from watching television.
Mitka Kalinksi passed away on Saturday.
His exact birthday is unknown, but he was believed to be in his early 90s.
A celebration of life for him will be announced at a later date.
