Erna de Vries
Erna de Vries | |
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 de Vries in 2018 | |
| Born | Erna Korn 21 October 1923 |
| Died | 24 October 2021 (aged 98) Lathen, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Lecturer |
Erna de Vries ([ˈɛʁna də ˈvris]; born Erna Korn; 21 October 1923 – 24 October 2021) was a German Holocaust survivor.[1]
In 1943, she was sent to Auschwitz with her mother during the Holocaust.[2] She was ordered to be executed at the gas chambers on 15 September of that year; however was transferred to another camp the day of her execution.[3] She was freed by Allied forces in 1945.
de Vries became a lecturer talking about her life during the Holocaust, something her mother wanted her to do.[4] In 1998, she gave her testimony at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.[5]
de Vries died in Lathen, Germany on 24 October 2021, three days after her 98th birthday.[6]
References
- ↑ "Holocaust-Überlebende Erna de Vries ist tot". Osradio 104.8 (in German). 25 October 2021. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "Erna de Vries hat den Holocaust überlebt". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German).
- ↑ "Aufenthalt in Auschwitz-Birkenau". Projekt Zeitlupe (in German).
- ↑ "Erna de Vries schilderte ihren Lebens- und Leidensweg in der Gedenkstätte Esterwegen". Samtgemeinde Lathen (in German). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Erna de Vries". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- ↑ "Holocaust-Überlebende Erna de Vries im Emsland beigesetzt". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.