Concentration camp survivor Esther Bejarano dies at the age of 96

Esther Bejarano was less than 20 years old when he was deported to Auschwitz. She survived because she played in the women’s orchestra at the camp. “We will miss your voice,” Foreign Minister Maas said in her memory.

secondHe survived the massacre because she played in the Auschwitz Women’s Orchestra. Esther Bejarano has now passed away at her adopted Hamburg house at the age of 96. On Saturday, Helga Obens of the Auschwitz Board of Directors of the German news agency confirmed this. Early in the morning, she fell asleep peacefully in the Israeli hospital. “She didn’t suffer,” Bejarano’s close friend continued. There have been many media reports before.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Mars He praised Bejarano on Twitter on Saturday as “an important voice against racism and anti-Semitism.” He wrote in the post: “The wonderful Ester Bejarano convinced her with her vitality and incredible story. We will miss your voice.”

Bejarano has been opposed to right-wing extremism and xenophobia for decades, for which she has won numerous awards. She sang Jewish and anti-fascist songs with her son Joram and daughter Edna, and recently toured Germany with the Cologne hip-hop microphone Mafia.

Esther Bejarano was born in Saarlouis on December 15, 1924, the daughter of a Jewish chief Cantor. Her parents were killed by the Nazis in Lithuania in 1941, and she herself had to do forced labor in the concentration camp before being deported to Auschwitz in early 1943. She survived there because she played the accordion in the women’s orchestra at the camp. After the war, the young woman moved to Israel, but returned to Germany with her husband in 1960.