Bill Basch est né le 4 juin 1927 à Sasovo, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [aujourd'hui Ukraine]. Il était marié à Rose "Holly" Branberger. Il est mort le 26 octobre 2009 en Californie, États-Unis.
A survivor of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps; Basch's mother and a sister died at Auschwitz. He arrived in the United States in 1947, and launched women's apparel manufacturer Basch Fashions.
In order to survive, we must accept the responsibility of being our brothers' and sisters' keeper. Each one of us must do our share of improving our society one day at a time. We all have the ability to defeat evil in our own way.