Hilde Sherman

Holocaust survivor

Hilde Sherman
Hilde Sherman (left) with her siblings, Ruth and Herbert, who were both murdered in the holocaust.
Born	Hilde Zander (1923-03-22)22 March 1923 Wanlo, Germany
Died	11 March 2011(2011-03-11) (aged 87) Jerusalem, Israel

Hilde Sherman (born Hilde Zander; March 22 1923 – March 11 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.

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

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