Bat-Sheva Dagan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bat-Sheva Dagan

Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor, educator, author, and speaker.

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1925

Place of Birth: Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: writer, poet, psychologist, educator, journalist

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Bat-Sheva Dagan

  • Bat-Sheva Dagan (Hebrew: ??-??? ????) (born September 8, 1925) is a Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor, educator, author, and speaker.
  • Born in Lódz, Poland, she was incarcerated in a ghetto in Radom with her parents and two sisters in 1940.
  • After her parents and a sister were deported and murdered in Treblinka in August 1942, she escaped to Germany, but was discovered, imprisoned, and deported to Auschwitz in May 1943.
  • After spending 20 months in Auschwitz, she survived two death marches and was liberated by British troops in May 1945.
  • She was the only survivor of her family.
  • She and her husband settled in Israel, where she taught kindergarten and later obtained degrees in educational counseling and psychology.
  • She went on to author books, poems, and songs for children and young adults on Holocaust themes, and developed psychological and pedagogical methods for teaching the Holocaust to children.
  • She is considered a pioneer in children's Holocaust education.

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