Hilde Sherman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hilde Sherman

German writer (1923-2011)

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1923

Place of Birth: Wanlo, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Mar-2011

Profession: writer, autobiographer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hilde Sherman (a.k.a.
Hilde Sherman-Zander) (1923-2011) was a German Holocaust survivor and memoirist.
During World War II, she was deported to the Riga Ghetto in December 1941 by the Nazis.
She later emigrated to Colombia.
She published her memoir, Entre luz y tinieblas and Zwischen Tag und Dunkel : Mädchenjahre im Ghetto, in 1982 and 1984.
She also spoke to Yad Vashem about her ordeal.
She retired in Jerusalem, Israel, where she died in 2011.