Holocaust survivor and human rights activist to join American Flotilla to Gaza

Today's Zaman- ...On Nov. 21, a permanent multimedia exhibition marking the 65th anniversary of the trials was opened in the Palace of Justice. The proceedings, to which all Allied participants had been invited, were inaugurated by the German foreign minister. The French and Russian foreign ministers were also present, as was the American ambassador to Germany.

Among the 200 honored guests in Courtroom 600 sat a diminutive, elegantly dressed 86-year-old German-born lady named Hedy Epstein: a US citizen since 1951, Holocaust survivor and human rights activist.

Since 1970 she has spoken at thousands of schools, universities, churches and civic groups worldwide about the lesson of the Holocaust; since 2000 she has addressed the issue of Israel-Palestine, visiting the occupied West Bank five times since 2003. In March 2011 she will be a passenger on the Audacity of Hope, the American boat which will be part of Freedom Flotilla II traveling to Gaza.

An internationally known figure, Ms. Epstein lost both of her parents and other family members at Auschwitz. She herself was taken to England in 1939, one of the 10,000 Jewish children saved by the Kindertransport ships. Read more