USA - Holocaust Survivor Irene Butter Died

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Irene Butter (1930-2026): As a girl, Irene Butter experienced the persecution of Jews in the Netherlands. The peace activist wrote a book about her experiences,…

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Holocaust survivor Irene Butter has died in the US at the age of 95, German media report, citing her agent. The German-American woman testified well into old age about how she experienced the persecution of Jews in the Netherlands. The fate of her neighbor Anne Frank was also frequently discussed. Butter was born in Berlin in 1930. When the Nazis came to power, her family moved to the Netherlands out of fear of the growing antisemitism. In 1937…

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Holocaust survivor Irene Butter died in the United States at the age of 95.

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The Holocaust survivor and peace activist Irene Butter passed away in the USA. The Berlin-born woman became 95 years old. Two years ago she had received the Federal Cross of Merit for her educational work as a contemporary witness.