Teaching
After the war, Bass graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and then studied at Temple University where he received a Doctorate. He became a teacher at the Benjamin Franklin High School in Philadelphia, eventually becoming its principal, a position he served in until 1981. He later taught history at George School, a Quaker boarding school in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
Since that time, he has been a speaker on the subject of racism and The Holocaust, and has lectured extensively on the subject, bringing his unique perspective as a witness of many forms of oppression.
He was a participant in the International Liberators Conference, held in Washington DC in 1981. In 1994 he was the keynote speaker at the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, and in 1996 he was awarded the Pearlman Award for Humanitarian Advancement from Jewish Women International.
He appeared in the Academy Award-nominated Documentary "Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II".
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