Esther Béjarano
Esther Bejarano | |
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Béjarano in 2018 | |
| Born | Esther Löwy 15 December 1924 |
| Died | 10 July 2021 (aged 96) Hamburg, Germany |
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| Known for | Holocaust survivor who performed in the Auschwitz women's orchestra |
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Esther Béjarano (née Löwy; 15 December 1924 – 10 July 2021) was one of the last survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp. She survived because she was a player in the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. She was active in various ways, including speeches and in music, in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive. She was a regular speaker at the International Youth Meeting organised yearly at the Max Mannheimer Study Center in Dachau.