Mayer Hersh | |
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Born | Herszkowicz 31 August 1926
Sieradz, Poland |
Died | 8 October 2016
Prestwich,
Greater Manchester, England | (aged 90)
Nationality | British |
Known for | Auschwitz concentration camp survivor |
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Mayer Hersh MBE (31 August 1926 – 8 October 2016) was a Polish Jew who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. [1] Born in Sieradz to a family of six siblings, only Mayer and his brother Jakob survived. [2] [3] his father, mother and three other siblings were murdered in Chełmno extermination camp.
After
World War II, Hersh lived in
Manchester, England.
[4] He was awarded an
MBE in the
2013 New Year Honours for services to
Holocaust education.
[5]
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Mayer died on 8 October 2016, at the age of 90.