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Agnes Sassoon

1933–2020

Nationality
United Kingdom
Occupation
journalist

Agnes Sassoon (née Lichtschein; 1933 – 11 January 2020) was a Czechoslovak-born British author, journalist, and Holocaust survivor.

Incarceration history

  1. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown

Biography

Agnes Sassoon (née Lichtschein; 1933 – 11 January 2020) was a Czechoslovak-born British author, journalist, and Holocaust survivor. Born in Czechoslovakia, she survived internment in Nazi concentration camps as a child during World War II. After the war, she became an advocate for Holocaust education and wrote about her experiences.

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