Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano dies at the age of 96

[turbinetree]

Source: Raw Story

By DPA
Published July 10, 2021

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Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano dies at the age of 96 - Holocaust survivor Esther Bejarano takes part in a reading campaign against the right. Esther Bejarano, a Jewish woman who survived Auschwitz concentration camp by playing in the girls' orchestra, has died at the age of 96 in Hamburg, her adopted home. - Axel Heimken/dpa

Esther Bejarano, a Jewish woman who survived Auschwitz concentration camp by playing in the girls' orchestra, has died at the age of 96 in Hamburg, her adopted home.

Helga Obens, a member of the Auschwitz Committee board, confirmed her death on Saturday.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/auschwitz-survivor-esther-bejarano-dies-at-the-age-of-96/

[Marrah_Goodman]

1. Soon there will be none left

I am so grateful for the people that have saved all the survivor stories. May they always be a reminder of what can happen so quickly in a modern, educated society.

[abqtommy]

2. RIP Esther.

You will not be forgotten.

[burrowowl]

3. RIP! In her Memory

I have signed The Jewish Voice for Peace petition to end US funding for Israeli Apartheid:

jvpaction.org/act2021

[George II]

4. NYC was one of the places where many survivors of the Holocaust settled after being freed...

Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s we had several people in the neighborhood with numbers tattooed on their arms. We were too young to understand what that represented.

[wendyb-NC]

5. R.I.P. Esther

We must never forget.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. May her memory be eternal.

As another link to our past, a link to the Jewish past, dies, another voice leaves an important chorus. Holocaust denial and minimalization have been ongoing, and increasing in past years. First-hand witnesses, like her, are important to combat the idiocy. Furthermore, with more and more people misusing the Holocaust in analogies, or using the memories of people like her to bolster their own bigoted agendas, her loss is even more profound. Some never miss the opportunity to devalue the Jew and her/his life, even upon her/his passing.

[LeftInTX]

8. I like that saying. As a Christian, it is not appropriate for us to say RIP for other religions.

Eastern Orthodox Christians also say, "May his/her memory be eternal" as part of the memorial.

[Dr. Strange]

7. Mary Weinrib passed away recently too.

https://www.rushisaband.com/blog/2021/07/05/5630/Geddy-Lees-mother-and-Holocaust-survivor-Mary-Weinrib-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-95

[burrowowl]

9. RIP Mary Weinrib