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| − | Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who comforted diarist Anne Frank at the | + | Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who comforted diarist Anne Frank at the [http://search.Usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=Bergen-Belsen%20concentration Bergen-Belsen concentration] camp months before its liberation, has died at the age of 95.<br><br>Britain�s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, said Ms Turgel died on Thursday.<br><br>The Holocaust Educational Trust said Ms Turgel dedicated her life to sharing her story of [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] surviving the Jewish ghetto in Krakow, Poland and the German Nazi camps at Auschwitz, Buchenwald [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] and Bergen-Belsen.<br><br>The Queen and Gena Turgel<br><br>It was in a hospital at Bergen-Belsen that Ms Turgel cared for Anne Frank as the teenager was dying of typhus.<br><br>She once told the BBC: �I washed her face, gave her water to drink, and I can still see that face, her hair and how [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] she looked.�<br><br>After the Second World War, Ms Turgel married one of the camp�s British liberators, Norman Turgel, earning her the nickname �The Bride of Belsen�.<br><br>Advertisement |
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Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who comforted diarist Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp months before its liberation, has died at the age of 95.
Britain�s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, said Ms Turgel died on Thursday.
The Holocaust Educational Trust said Ms Turgel dedicated her life to sharing her story of tour bắc kinh từ hà nội surviving the Jewish ghetto in Krakow, Poland and the German Nazi camps at Auschwitz, Buchenwald tour bắc kinh từ hà nội and Bergen-Belsen.
The Queen and Gena Turgel
It was in a hospital at Bergen-Belsen that Ms Turgel cared for Anne Frank as the teenager was dying of typhus.
She once told the BBC: �I washed her face, gave her water to drink, and I can still see that face, her hair and how vtr.org.vn she looked.�
After the Second World War, Ms Turgel married one of the camp�s British liberators, Norman Turgel, earning her the nickname �The Bride of Belsen�.
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