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Erna de Vries

Erna de Vries

1923–2021

Nationality
Germany
Occupation
Housekeeper

Erna de Vries ([ˈɛʁna də ˈvris]; née Erna Korn; 21 October 1923 – 24 October 2021) was a German Holocaust survivor. After the war she remained in Germany. In her later years she told her life story in countless schools, other places of learning, in interviews and on television.

Incarceration history

Biography

Erna de Vries ([ˈɛʁna də ˈvris]; née Erna Korn; 21 October 1923 – 24 October 2021) was a German Holocaust survivor. After the war she remained in Germany. In her later years she told her life story in countless schools, other places of learning, in interviews and on television. For her accomplishments, the Federal Republic of Germany awarded her the Order of Merit in 2014.