Margit Buchhalter Feldman, holocaust survivor
Margit Buchhalter Feldman a Hungarian-American public speaker, educator, activist, and Holocaust survivor – died on April 14, 2020, from COVID-19-related complications.
Feldman and her family were placed in a concentration camp in 1944, where her parents were killed immediately. She survived her incarceration after lying about her age, resulting in her being placed in a work camp. She was freed from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on April 15, 1945. After moving to the United States, she raised a family and became a public speaker, sharing her experience with students until her death.
Margit Buchhalter was born June 12, 1929, in Budapest, Hungary. Her parents were Joseph and Theresa Buchhalter. The family lived in Tolcsva, Hungary.
When she was fourteen, the Nazis invaded...