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Gerda Weissmann Klein (May 8, 1924 – April 3, 2022) was a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, All But My Life (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film, One Survivor Remembers, which received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry.
Bernice "Bernie" Palmer (January 10, 1893 – February 11, 1989) was a Canadian photographer known for taking the photographs of the Titanic disaster survivors and the iceberg believed to have caused the sinking of the ship in April 1912.
Deborah Scaling was born January 21, 1958, in Throckmorton, Texas.She took up sailing at an early age and began working as a crew member on yachts. In 1981, she became the first American woman to complete the Whitbread Round the World Race, working as a cook on the South African Xargo.
Vesna Vulović was born in Belgrade on 3 January 1950. [2] [3] Her father was a businessman and her mother was a fitness instructor. [3]Driven by her love of the Beatles, Vulović travelled to the United Kingdom after completing her first year of university, hoping to improve her English language skills.
Pretending to be a survivor of the September 11 attacks Alicia Esteve Head ( / ə s ˈ t eɪ b ə / əs- TAY -bə , Catalan pronunciation: [əˈlisiə əsˈteβə hɛt] ; born July 31, 1973) [ 1 ] is a Spanish businesswoman who claimed to be a survivor of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, under the name Tania Head .
Filip Müller (1922–2013) inmate no. 29236, survivor and author of Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers (1979). Alfred "Artem" Nakache (1915 – 1983), French swimmer, world record (200-m breaststroke), one-third of French 2x world record (3x100 relay team), imprisoned in Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed.
Lauren Manning (born Lauren Grace-Forshay Pritchard; 1961) is an American author, entrepreneur, and businesswoman.One of the most severely injured survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks, [2] she spent over six months in the hospital during her initial recovery from 82.5% total body burn injuries. [3]
Holocaust survivor who performed in the Auschwitz women's orchestra: Spouse: Peter Wallfisch: Children: Raphael Wallfisch, Maya Lasker-Wallfisch: Relatives: Edward Lasker (uncle); Elizabeth Wallfisch (daughter-in-law); Benjamin, Simon and Joanna Wallfisch (grandchildren)