Overview

• Margot Friedländer, a Holocaust survivor and educator, passed away on May 9, 2025, in Berlin at the age of 103.
• She survived 15 months in hiding in Berlin before being deported to Theresienstadt, where she was the sole survivor of her family.
• After emigrating to New York in 1946, she returned to Berlin in 2010 to continue her work as a witness and educator.
• In 2023, Friedländer established the Margot-Friedländer-Stiftung to promote democracy, tolerance, and remembrance through awards and initiatives.
• Her legacy includes a universal message of respect and humanity, as well as a rejection of political misuse of Holocaust memory.