A Belgian teacher, she kept them out of the hands of Nazis, hiding them in convents, monasteries and farms. After the war, she reunited many
Category: Holocaust and the Nazi Era
Sophie Freud, Critic of Her Grandfather’s Gospel, Dies at 97
Sigmund Freud’s last surviving grandchild, she fled the Nazis in Vienna, became a professor in America and argued that psychoanalysis was a “narcissistic indulgence.”
Walter Abish, Daring Writer Who Pondered Germany, Dies at 90
In provocative, sometimes linguistically playful experimental fiction, a Vienna-born American traced the complex interplay of modern Germany and its Nazi past.
Margot Heuman, Who Bore Witness to the Holocaust as a Gay Woman, Dies at 94
She was a rare survivor who spoke — in recent years — of her same-sex relationship in the concentration camps, and how it sustained her.
Rosmarie Trapp of the ‘Sound of Music’ Family Dies at 93
She was the last surviving daughter of the baron and the would-be nun depicted in the stage musical and 1965 film.
Neal Adams, Who Gave Batman a Darker Look, Dies at 80
He brought an earthy realism (and a new adversary or two) to the superhero characters he drew. He also championed the rights of comic book
Marvin Chomsky, Director of ‘Roots’ and ‘Holocaust,’ Dies at 92
A four-time Emmy Award winner, he directed landmark historical TV dramas and the movie “Inside the Third Reich.”
Mimi Reinhard, Who Typed Up Schindler’s List, Dies at 107
As a secretary in a forced-labor camp in World War II, she added her own name to the list of 1,100 Jews who would be
Gerda Weissmann Klein, Honored Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 97
Her story was told in an Oscar-winning documentary, and her message of hope and love in the face of overwhelming evil was an inspiration to