Henri Borlant, Sole Child Survivor of Auschwitz Deportations from France, Dies at 98

Borlant dedicated his later years to Holocaust education, sharing his story of survival to preserve the memory of the Shoah.

Henri Borlant, the only survivor among 6,000 Jewish children deported from France to Auschwitz in 1942, passed away at the age of 98.
Born in Paris in 1927, Borlant was arrested at age 15 along with his father, brother, and sister during a Nazi roundup; he was the only family member to survive.
After enduring Auschwitz and multiple other camps, Borlant escaped from Buchenwald in 1945 shortly before its liberation by American forces.
Borlant remained silent about his experiences for decades but later became a prominent advocate for Holocaust education, speaking regularly to students about his deportation and survival.
In 2012, he published his memoir, 'Thank You for Having Survived,' which became a cornerstone of his efforts to ensure the Holocaust's atrocities were remembered.