Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100

(New York Jewish Week) — New Yorker Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, a Holocaust survivor known for taking up ballroom dancing in her late 80s, died at her home on the Upper West Side on Sunday. She was just one week shy of her 101st birthday. The cause was likely congestive heart failure, her niece Judy Paskind said. “She loved being made up and dressed up,” Paskind, a retired accountant, recalled. “And a lot of people [at the funeral] yesterday wer…

Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The beloved Upper West Sider was known for her late-in-life passion for ballroom dancing, as well as for wearing the same hand-knit sweater at Passover every year.

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