Mirjam Ohringer

Mirjam Ohringer (born October 26, 1924 in Amsterdam - † May 29, 2016 ) was a Dutch survivor of the Holocaust .

Life

Her parents were Hasidic Jews from Galicia. During the German occupation she was active in the underground and helped spread the communist party newspaper De Waarheid . In 1942 she had to go into hiding, which enabled her to survive the war. After the end of the war, she married a Dutchman and was given Dutch citizenship . She joined the Communist Partij van Nederland and was active there. She was also a member of the Sachsenhausen Committee, the United Resistance, and the May 4th and 5th Committee, and also gave tours of the Resistance Museum. In 2009 she received the Dachau Prize for moral courage . She was among the speakers at the commemorative events for the November 1938 pogroms in 2010.

Web links

Brochure about the award winner Mirijam Ohringer (PDF) ( Memento from May 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ Verzetsvrouw Mirjam Ohringer (91) overleden Het Parool from May 31, 2016 (Dutch)
↑ Sabine Gerhardus: We mourn Mirjam Ohringer. In: Memory Book. Retrieved June 27, 2020 .
↑ 3rd Dachau Prize for moral courage. (PDF) In: Archive of the City of Dachau. City of Dachau, accessed on June 27, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ohringer, Mirjam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch survivor of the Holocaust
DATE OF BIRTH	October 26, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH	May 29, 2016

[1] Verzetsvrouw Mirjam Ohringer (91) overleden Het Parool from May 31, 2016 (Dutch)

[2] Sabine Gerhardus: We mourn Mirjam Ohringer. In: Memory Book. Retrieved June 27, 2020 .

[3] 3rd Dachau Prize for moral courage. (PDF) In: Archive of the City of Dachau. City of Dachau, accessed on June 27, 2020 .