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Edith Birkin

1927–2018

Nationality
Czechoslovakia
Occupation
painter

Edith Birkin (née Hofmann; 13 November 1927 – 20 September 2018) was a Jewish artist and writer born in Prague, who spent her later years in Britain.

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Biography

Edith Birkin (née Hofmann; 13 November 1927 – 20 September 2018) was a Jewish artist and writer born in Prague, who spent her later years in Britain. She was a survivor of the Holocaust.

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