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Back|Holocaustüberlebende Irene Butter mit 95 Jahren gestorben
Holocaustüberlebende Irene Butter mit 95 Jahren gestorben
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Die Zeit·1 hour ago·World·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

Holocaustüberlebende Irene Butter mit 95 Jahren gestorben

Die aus Berlin stammende Zeitzeugin und Friedenskämpferin verstarb in den USA im Kreis ihrer Familie.

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  • Die Holocaustüberlebende und Zeitzeugin Irene Butter ist im Alter von 95 Jahren in den USA gestorben.
  • Kultustaatsminister Wolfram Weimer würdigte sie als unermüdliche Kämpferin für Frieden und Aufklärung.

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Irene Butter war eine Überlebende des Holocaust, die ihre Geschichte als Jüdin erzählte und sich für Aufklärung und Frieden einsetzte.

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Die Holocaustüberlebende Irene Butter ist tot. Laut einem Bericht des NDR starb die gebürtige Berlinerin in den USA im Kreis ihrer Familie und ihrer Freunde. Sie wurde 95 Jahre alt.

Kultustaatsminister Wolfram Weimer zeigte sich von Butters Tod betroffen. »Mit Irene Butter verlieren wir eine beeindruckende Stimme der Erinnerung und eine unermüdliche Kämpferin für den Frieden«, sagte Weimer. Sie habe sich jahrzehntelang für Aufklärung, Frieden und Verständigung eingesetzt. »Ihr Mut, ihre Stimme zu erheben und ihre persönliche Geschichte als Jüdin zu erzählen, ist von unschätzbarem Wert.«

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  • Die Holocaustüberlebende und Zeitzeugin Irene Butter ist im Alter von 95 Jahren in den USA gestorben.
  • Kultustaatsminister Wolfram Weimer würdigte sie als unermüdliche Kämpferin für Frieden und Aufklärung.

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