Holocaust Deaths

Some of the Holocaust Survivors who died in 2024:

Erwin Schild, 103, German-born Canadian Conservative Rabbi, Holocaust Survivor (Dachau Concentration Camp) and Author. Died on January 6, 2024.

Otto Theodor Benfey, 98, German-born American Holocaust Survivor, Chemist and Historian. Died on January 24, 2024.

Bat-Sheva Dagan, 

98, Polish-Israeli Holocaust Survivor (Radom Ghetto, Auschwitz Death Camp and Ravensbrück Concentration Camp), Educator and Author. Died on January 25, 2024.

Stefan Jerzy Zweig, 

83, Polish-born Austrian Holocaust Survivor (Krakow Ghetto), Author and Cameraman. Died on February 6, 2024.

Ben Stern, 102, Polish-American Writer, Activist and Holocaust Survivor (Warsaw Ghetto, Majdanek Death Camp, the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp.) Died on February 28, 2024.

Nesse Godin, 95, Lithuanian-born American Holocaust Survivor (Stutthof Concentration Camp.) Died on March 5, 2024.

Elisabeth Guttenberger, 98, German Holocaust Survivor (Auschwitz Death Camp, Ravensbrück Concentration Camp) and Human Rights Activist, Witness at Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials. Died on March 25, 2024.

Peter Demetz, 101, Czechoslovak-born American Holocaust Survivor, Germanist and Author. Dead April 29, 2024.

Tibor Hollo, 96, Hungarian-born American Real Estate Developer and Holocaust Survivor (Drancy Internment Camp, Auschwitz Death Camp, Mauthausen Concentration Camp.) Died on May 1, 2024.

Avraham Harshalom, 

99, Czech-Israeli Businessman and Holocaust Survivor (Auschwitz Death Camp, Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Died in May 2024.

Róbert Cvi Bornstein, 

98, Slovak Resistance Fighter and Holocaust Survivor. Died on May 28, 2024.

Zeev Kun, 

94, Hungarian-born Israeli Holocaust Survivor (Auschwitz Death Camp, Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Flossenbürg Concentration Camp) and Artist. Died on June 20, 2024.

Ruth Westheimer, 

96, German-American Sex Therapist and Holocaust Survivor (Kindertransport.) Died on July 12, 2024.

Olga Horak, 98, Czechoslovak-born Australian Holocaust Survivor (Auschwitz Death Camp, Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp.) Died in August 2024.

George Berci, 103, Hungarian-American Surgeon and Holocaust Survivor. Died on August 30, 2024.

Dan Morgenstern,

 94, German-born American Holocaust Survivor, Music Journalist (Jazz Journal, DownBeat) and Archivist, eight-time Grammy winner. Died on September 7, 2024.

Lily Ebert, 

100, Hungarian-born British Holocaust Survivor (Auschwitz Death Camp) and Writer. Died on October 9, 2024.

Betty Bausch-Polak, 

105, Dutch Holocaust Survivor. Died on November 8, 2024.

Frank Auerbach, 

93, German-British Painter, Holocaust Survivor (Kindertransport.) Died on November 11, 2024

Helen Kleinbort Krauze, 99, Polish-born Mexican Journalist (Novedades de México). Died on November 12, 2024.

Manfred Ohrenstein, 

99, German-born American Lawyer and Politician, Member (1961–1994) and Minority Leader (1975–1994) of the New York State Senate. Died on November 18, 2024.

Victor Brombert, 101, German-born American Scholar, Holocaust Survivor and World War II Veteran (Ritchie Boys). Died on November 26, 2024.

Renee Bornstein, 90, French-born British Holocaust Survivor and Writer. Died on November 28, 2024.

Rachel Dror, 103, German-Israeli Teacher and Holocaust Survivor. Died on December 14, 2024.