Henny Seidemann
Henny Seidemann (born November 6, 1922 in Berlin ; † August 31, 2012 in Munich ) was a German contemporary witness of the Holocaust .
Career
Seidemann fled to Barcelona with her family in 1935. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War , she was sent back to Germany in 1936 and spent the following two years in the Antonienheim in Munich. In 1938 she fled to Spain again. She only returned to Munich in 1957.
From 1984 to 1993 she was chairwoman of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Munich-Augsburg-Regensburg and was later named honorary chairman.
For her services to the reconciliation between Jews and Christians she was awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Bavarian Order of Merit.
Fonts
- Berlin - Barcelona - Munich - Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, 2006
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ↑ Commemoration and reading on pogrom night at the Dachau concentration camp memorial
- ↑ Brikada - magazine for women: Hanns Seidel Foundation: Henny Seidemann describes her eventful life in "Frauenbilder" (follow-up report) , from October 12, 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seidemann, Henny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German contemporary witness of the Holocaust |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 2012 |
| Place of death | Munich |