Hélène Petter-Egger (21 November 1929 – 4 February 2024) was a Dutch Holocaust survivor.[1]
Beatrix Nobis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 2024 |
| Died | 21 November 1929 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | Holocaust survivor |
Biography
editEgger was born in Baarn, Netherlands in 1929. As a young girl she had lost her mother who died from a brain tumour.[2] The second world war broke out when she was 10 years old.[3] Due to the German invasion of the Netherlands, she left her family to live in Amsterdam with her grandparents.[4] As Leentje Bakker, she lived in Vorstenbosch from mid-1944 to May 1945.[5] By the end of the war she was the only surviving member of her immediate family.[6] She learned that her two brothers had been deported to Auschwitz concentration camp.[7] She was later adopted by her extended family including her grandparents, uncle and aunt.[8] She married a non-Jewish man in 1953 and did not speak about her past with him or their children until later in life.[9]
She first became a contemporary witness in 1997 in a video interview she gave for the Shoah Foundation.[8] Her daughter, the newsreader Debby Petter, wrote a book on her mothers life.[10] The book was later adapted into a play.[11] In 2018, a film based on her life “Ik ben er nog” premiered in Las Vegas and won an award.[12] In 2024, she died in her hometown of Baarn at the age of 95.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Hélène Petter-Egger - Gasten archief DWDD - De Wereld Draait Door - BNNVARA". De Wereld Draait Door (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ Digits, Four. "Debby Petters Joodse moeder zwijgt zestig jaar lang over de Tweede Wereldoorlog". War Child Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ Schnek, Paul. "Helene Petter-Egger". www.demotverhalen.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Oorlogsmuseum Overloon | Hartverscheurende verhalen van de oorlog". DagjeWeg.NL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ a b "In memoriam: Hélène Egger". VORSTENBOSCH info (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ oorlog, Verhalen over de (2022-10-28). "Debby Petter - Oorlogsverhalen - Verhalen over de oorlog". www.verhalenoverdeoorlog.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Hélène Petter-Egger en dochter Debby vertellen over de oorlog - TracesOfWar.nl". www.tracesofwar.nl. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ a b oorlog, Verhalen over de (2022-10-28). "Debby Petter - Oorlogsverhalen - Verhalen over de oorlog". www.verhalenoverdeoorlog.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ Wermenbol, Grace Wermenbol (11 August 2009). "Why Must Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories?". Haaretz.
- ^ "Ik ben er nog, Debby Petter | 9789400400153 | Boeken | bol". www.bol.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Hélène Petter-Egger en dochter Debby vertellen over de oorlog - TracesOfWar.nl". www.tracesofwar.nl. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Ik ben er nog". VORSTENBOSCH info (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
External links
edit- Hélène Petter-Egger at IMDb
- News report on her death from Dtv Nieuws
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