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Judith Hemmendinger

German-Israeli researcher

Died when: 100 years 174 days (1205 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Judith Hemmendinger

Judith Hemmendinger (born October 2, 1923) was a German-born Israeli researcher and author specializing in child survivors of the Holocaust.During World War II she was a social worker and refugee counselor for the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE), a French Jewish children's aid organization based in Geneva, and from 1945 to 1947 directed a home for child survivors of Buchenwald in France.

She has authored books and papers on the Holocaust experiences and later lives of child survivors.She was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 2003.

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