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Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100

JL;DR SUMMARY Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, a remarkable Holocaust survivor who embraced ballroom dancing in her late 80s, passed away just shy of her 101st birthday. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaust SurvivorMemoirNew YorkResilienceHolocaust EducationCommunity ImpactHelena WeinrauchEleganceBallroom Dancing

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New York, United States
"New Yorker Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, a Holocaust survivor known for taking up ballroom dancing in her late 80s, died at her home on the Upper West Side on Sunday."
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
"Weinrauch was born in Dusseldorf in 1924 to a family of German-speaking Jews."
Drohobycz, Lvivshchyna, Ukraine
"The family soon moved to Drohobycz, Poland (todays Ukraine) for her fathers work, and Weinrauch was 9 years old when the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933."
Plaszow, Lesser Poland, Poland
"Weinrauch was deported to Plaszow and then Auschwitz, where she survived a 500-mile death march to Bergen-Belsen and was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945."
Sweden
"Helena recuperated in Sweden, where she met Rothman, also an Auschwitz survivor, in the hospital."

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