Hilde Sherman

Hilde Sherman (a.k.a. Hilde Sherman-Zander) (1923-2011) was a German Holocaust survivor and memoirist. During World War II, she was deported to the Riga Ghetto in December 1941 by the Nazis.[1] She later emigrated to Colombia. She published her memoir, Entre luz y tinieblas and Zwischen Tag und Dunkel : Mädchenjahre im Ghetto, in 1982 and 1984.[2][3] She also spoke to Yad Vashem about her ordeal. She retired in Jerusalem, Israel, where she died in 2011.

Hilde Sherman
Hilde Sherman (left) with her siblings, Ruth and Herbert, who were both murdered in the holocaust.
Born1923
Died2011
OccupationMemoirist
Spouse(s)Kurt Winter

Works
  • Entre luz y tinieblas, Cali 1982, ISBN 9589513719
    • Zwischen Tag und Dunkel, Mädchenjahre im Ghetto, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-548-20386-8

References
  1. Yad Vashem: From the Testimony of Hilde Sherman about the Deportation to Riga and the Arrival to the Ghetto
  2. Zwischen Tag und Dunkel : Mädchenjahre im Ghetto / Hilde Sherman-Zander, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  3. Google Books



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