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

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.