Prominent Holocaust Survivors Die, Including the 'Librarian of Auschwitz' and the Last Warsaw Ghetto Fighter

Holocaust survivor and beloved Fort Worth linguist dies at 101

Brigitte Friedmann Altman, a Holocaust survivor who married a highly decorated WWII navigator and bombardier and made Fort Worth her home in 1952, an elegant grandmother who spoke seven languages, and a translator on call for foreign visitors, died Nov. 12 after a brief illness. She was 101.  Following a private burial Nov. 17, a memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Beth-El Congregation, 4900 Briarhaven Road. Rabbi Brian Zimmerman and …

Prominent Holocaust survivors die, including the 'librarian of Auschwitz' and the last Warsaw Ghetto fighter

When Michael Smuss died last month at 99, an era of Jewish history came to a close. Smuss was the last known resistance fighter during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when Jews rose up against their Nazi persecutors in one of the most dramatic episodes of the Holocaust. Smuss was not the only prominent survivor to die in recent weeks. A number of survivors, several centenarians, have died in a wave that underscores the rapid disappearance of anyone …

As Holocaust survivors memories fading, the last uprising fighter dies at 99

(JTA) — When Michael Smuss died last month at 99, an era of Jewish history came to a close. Smuss was the last known resistance fighter during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when Jews rose up against their Nazi persecutors in one of the most dramatic episodes of the Holocaust. Smuss was not the only prominent survivor to die in recent weeks. A number of survivors, several centenarians, have died in a wave that underscores the rapid disappearance of…