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Dutch Holocaust survivor (1929–2024)
Beatrix Nobis
Born4 February 2024
Baarn, Netherlands
Died21 November 1929 (aged 95)
Baarn, Netherlands
OccupationHolocaust survivor

Hélène Petter-Egger (21 November 1929 – 4 February 2024) was a Dutch Holocaust survivor.

Biography

Egger was born in Baarn, Netherlands in 1929. As a young girl she had lost her mother who died from a brain tumour. The second world war broke out when she was 10 years old. Due to the German invasion of the Netherlands, she left her family to live in Amsterdam with her grandparents. As Leentje Bakker, she lived in Vorstenbosch from mid-1944 to May 1945. By the end of the war she was the only surviving member of her immediate family. She learned that her two brothers had been deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. She was later adopted by her extended family including her grandparents, uncle and aunt. She married a non-Jewish man in 1953 and did not speak about her past with him or their children until later in life.

She first became a contemporary witness in 1997 in a video interview she gave for the Shoah Foundation. Her daughter, the newsreader Debby Petter [nl], wrote a book on her mothers life. The book was later adapted into a play. In 2018, a film based on her life “Ik ben er nog” premiered in Las Vegas and won an award. In 2024, she died in her hometown of Baarn at the age of 95.

References

  1. "Hélène Petter-Egger - Gasten archief DWDD - De Wereld Draait Door - BNNVARA". De Wereld Draait Door (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  2. Digits, Four. "Debby Petters Joodse moeder zwijgt zestig jaar lang over de Tweede Wereldoorlog". War Child Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  3. Schnek, Paul. "Helene Petter-Egger". www.demotverhalen.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  4. "Oorlogsmuseum Overloon | Hartverscheurende verhalen van de oorlog". DagjeWeg.NL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  5. ^ "In memoriam: Hélène Egger". VORSTENBOSCH info (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  6. oorlog, Verhalen over de (2022-10-28). "Debby Petter - Oorlogsverhalen - Verhalen over de oorlog". www.verhalenoverdeoorlog.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  7. "Hélène Petter-Egger en dochter Debby vertellen over de oorlog - TracesOfWar.nl". www.tracesofwar.nl. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  8. ^ oorlog, Verhalen over de (2022-10-28). "Debby Petter - Oorlogsverhalen - Verhalen over de oorlog". www.verhalenoverdeoorlog.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  9. Wermenbol, Grace Wermenbol (11 August 2009). "Why Must Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories?". Haaretz.
  10. "Ik ben er nog, Debby Petter | 9789400400153 | Boeken | bol". www.bol.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  11. "Hélène Petter-Egger en dochter Debby vertellen over de oorlog - TracesOfWar.nl". www.tracesofwar.nl. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  12. "Ik ben er nog". VORSTENBOSCH info (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-27.

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