The Ones That Got Away...

[Gisooo 3,616]

Lithuanian-born American Holocaust survivor Nesse Godin (Wiki) dead at 95

 

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,217]

Holocaust educator Henry Wuga MBE has died aged 100.

[Summer in Transylvania 2,363]

On 17/06/2022 at 12:19, Gisooo said:

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Martin Greenfield (Wiki)

Martin Greenfield dead at 95. 

 

The link is to the New York Times, so not accessible to all, but it's the only obituary I can find so far.

 

Notably tailor to six U.S. Presidents, Sinatra, Paul Newman, Johnny Depp, etc..

[Gisooo 3,616]

Eva Smolková-Keulemansová (Wiki), Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz, Neuengamme, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps dead at 96

 

[Sinbabad 1,174]

German Holocaust survivor Elisabeth Guttenberger has died aged 98.

[drol 12,446]

On 06/03/2024 at 07:15, drol said:

Make it 36 as Chen Guixiang has died at 99.

35 left as Liu Suzhen has died at 93.

[YoungWillz 21,488]

On 17/06/2022 at 12:19, Gisooo said:

Here's a list of oldest living Auschwitz concentration camp survivors

 

1929

Yehuda Bacon (Wiki) 

Edith Balas (Wiki)

Halina Birenbaum (Wiki)

Toman Brond (Wiki)

Max Eisen (Wiki)

Thomas Geve (Wiki)

Elly Gross (Wiki)

Helga Hošková-Weissová (Wiki)

Ivan Ivanji (Wiki)

Bernard Offen (Wiki)

Irene Zisblatt (Wiki)

Ivan Ivanji reportedly dead: https://vreme-com.translate.goog/vesti/ivan-ivanji-24-januar-1929-9-maj-2024/?_x_tr_sl=sr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

 

Serbian author.

 

Not sure if you are updating the original post here.

[YoungWillz 21,488]

On 22/04/2024 at 06:04, drol said:

35 left as Liu Suzhen has died at 93.

Nanjing Massacre - 34 left as Gao Ruqin reportedly dead aged 90: https://x.com/NanjingMemorial/status/1793600308733706554

[CastAway 490]

Holocaust survivor Sigmund Rolat dead at 93:

https://www.polin.pl/en/zygmunt-rolat-has-passed-away

[YoungWillz 21,488]

On 17/06/2022 at 12:19, Gisooo said:

Here's a list of oldest living Auschwitz concentration camp survivors

 

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Denise Holstein (Wiki)

Edith Eger (Wiki)

David Weiss Halivni (Wiki)

Tibor Hollo (Wiki)

Anna Ornstein (Wiki)

Tibor Hollo reportedly dead: https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/tibor-hollo-real-estate-developer-dies-96-f61dbf37

[YoungWillz 21,488]

On 23/05/2024 at 12:13, YoungWillz said:

Nanjing Massacre - 34 left as Gao Ruqin reportedly dead aged 90: https://x.com/NanjingMemorial/status/1793600308733706554

Nanjing Massacre - 33 left after Shi Xiuying reportedly dead: 

 

[drol 12,446]

On 13/07/2024 at 13:22, YoungWillz said:

Nanjing Massacre - 33 left after Shi Xiuying reportedly dead: 

 

Nanjing Massacre - 32 left after Zhou Zhilin dies at 98.

[drol 12,446]

On 17/06/2022 at 13:19, Gisooo said:

Here's a list of oldest living Auschwitz concentration camp survivors

 

 

 

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Kitty Hart-Morxon (Wiki)

Olga Horak (Wiki)

Yvette Lévy (Wiki)

Roma Rothstein (Wiki)

Ruth Minsky Sender (Wiki)

Marian Turski (Wiki)

Leon Weintraub (Wiki)

 

 

Olga Horak dead at 98.

[Ulitzer95 13,058]

On 17/06/2022 at 12:19, Gisooo said:

Here's a list of oldest living Auschwitz concentration camp survivors

 

*snip*

Ruth Minsky Sender (Wiki)
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Ruth Minsky Sender (wiki) died back in early January as per this Facebook page. Also confirmed by her publisher here.

Also, @Gisooo, please update your list!

[Deathrace 1,203]

Today is the 80th anniversary of the Freckleton Air Disaster which killed 61 people including 38 children. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster

 

Two of the three children in the infant classroom who survived the crash are still alive (their other classmates all died) - Ruby Whittle and David Madden - and now 85. The third, George Carey, died in 2015. Good that all three survivors have had longish lives.  

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/people/i-clearly-recall-being-told-about-it-and-being-taken-to-the-grave-freckleton-air-disaster-80-years-on-4748122

[alt obits guy 3,402]

Victor Perahia, a Holocaust survivor and head of the French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, has died. He was 91.

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/victor-perahia-holocaust-survivor-head-of-french-union-of-auschwitz-deportees-dies-at-91/

[Ulitzer95 13,058]

On 17/06/2022 at 12:19, Gisooo said:

Here's a list of oldest living Auschwitz concentration camp survivors

 

*snip*
 

1929

Yehuda Bacon (Wiki) 

Edith Balas (Wiki)

Halina Birenbaum (Wiki)

Toman Brod (Wiki)

Max Eisen (Wiki)

Thomas Geve (Wiki)
 

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Thomas Geve (wiki) dead at 94.

[arghton 7,044]

Nihon Hidankyo that won the Nobel Peace Prize this year has 4 key figures, all of who are Hibakushas (survivors of the atomic bombings) and now have a much larger chance of obitting:

 

Terumi Tanaka (92) Longtime activist who survived Nagasaki 3.2 kilometres from the hypocenter. He retired as Secretary-General of the organization in 2017, but still serves as one of the co-chairs. Relatively frail.

Sueichi Kido (84) Current secretary-general of the organization, didn't attend in person but sent a video message.

Toshiyuki Mimaki (83) Co-chair who talked at the press conference.

Shigemitsu Tanaka (83) Smallest name, co-chair.

 

There are very few somewhat notable Hibakushas living. I'd mention longtime activist Setsuko Thurlow (92), baseball player Isao Harimoto (84), singer/actor Akihiro Miwa (89) all of who have been quite ill in the past or are now, and especially Shigeaki Mori (87) who met Obama in 2016. Along with Mori there was Sunao Tsuboi who got a BBC obituary, and Mori looked horribly frail here (2.56 onwards).

[Spade_Cooley 9,690]

On 17/06/2022 at 12:19, Gisooo said:

Here's a list of oldest living Auschwitz concentration camp survivors

 

1927

Denise Holstein (Wiki)

 

Denise Holstein dead at 97.

[Gisooo 3,616]

Betty Bausch-Polak (Wiki), Dutch Holocaust survivor dead at 105

 

[Ulitzer95 13,058]

French-born British Holocaust survivor Renee Bornstein BEM (wiki) dead at 90 from pancreatic cancer.

Times obit

[arghton 7,044]

Shigemi Fukahori, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor dead at 93.

 

He was a small name (most "known" for handing the Pope a wreath in 2019 and Asahi interviews) but his death is getting a lot of attention. The Hibakushas are a dwindling bunch.