Last Yad Vashem “Righteous Gentile” in Germany dies
A Sudanese refugee at Yad Vashem. Image by Getty Images
(JTA) — The last surviving German recognized as a righteous gentile for saving Jews during the Holocaust died on Monday.
Gertrud Steinl, who was recognized by Yad Vashem in 1979 as a Righteous Among the Nations, died a day before her 98th birthday.
Steinl’s death was confirmed to the German news agency dpa by Andre Freund, head of the Jewish community of Nuremberg, The Associated Press reported.
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