Hilde Sherman (born Hilde Zander; March 22 1923 – March 11 2011) was a German Holocaust survivor and memoirist. During World War II, she was deported to the Riga Ghetto in December 1941 by the Nazis.[1] She later emigrated to Colombia. She published her memoir, Entre luz y tinieblas and Zwischen Tag und Dunkel : Mädchenjahre im Ghetto, in 1982 and 1984.[2][3] She also spoke to Yad Vashem about her ordeal. She retired in Jerusalem, Israel, where she died in 2011.

Hilde Sherman
Hilde Sherman (left) with her siblings, Ruth and Herbert, who were both murdered in the holocaust.
Born
Hilde Zander

(1923-03-22)22 March 1923
Died11 March 2011(2011-03-11) (aged 87)

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  • Entre luz y tinieblas, Cali 1982, ISBN 9589513719
  • Zwischen Tag und Dunkel, Mädchenjahre im Ghetto, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-548-20386-8

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