Judith Hemmendinger

Judith Hemmendinger (born October 2, 1923 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe as Judith Feist ) is an Israeli author of German origin.

Life

Judith Hemmendinger was born in Bad Homburg in 1923 as the fifth child of Phillip and Hannah Feist. The family moved to France in the late 1920s. Her father died in Auschwitz in 1943. Hemmendinger already worked for the French aid organization Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) during the Second World War . On April 11, 1945, US soldiers liberated Buchenwald concentration camp . Among the survivors, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel , were one thousand Jewish children and young people, almost all of whom had lost their loved ones.

The French aid organization OSE was commissioned to look after the orphans and prepare them for “life after hell”. For three years, until 1948, the severely damaged children lived together in homes. They were instructed by OSE employees and given psychological support, including Hemmendinger. Based on her experiences, she wrote the book "The Children of Buchenwald", which was later made into a film.

In 1948 she married Claude Hemmendinger, in 1948 they settled in Israel.

Works

• Judith Hemmendinger: The children of Buchenwald , abel / Moewig Rastatt 1987, ISBN 3811832530
• Judith Hemmendinger, Robert Krell: The Children of Buchenwald: Child Survivors and Their Post-War Lives , Gefen Publishers 2000, ISBN 965229246X
• Judith Hemmendinger: "Revenus Du Neant: Cinquante ANS Apres, L'Impossible Oubli: 23 Temoignages" , Harmattan 2002, ISBN 274752325X

Web links

• Literature by and about Judith Hemmendinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• "La genèse du livre" (fr.)
• Documentation "The Children of Buchenwald" ( Memento from April 5, 2005 in the Internet Archive )