Linda Breder | |
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 Breder pictured in one of the pictures of the Auschwitz Album. Breder (pictured second from left wearing white shirt) later said that the photographer ordered prisoners to smile while their pictures were taken. | |
| Born | Libuša Reich 24 February 1924 |
| Died | 19 September 2010 (aged 86) San Francisco, United States |
| Citizenship | Slovak-American |
| Known for | Holocaust survivor |
| Partner | Friedrich Breder |
Linda Breder (née Reich; 24 February 1924 – 19 September 2010) was a Slovak Holocaust survivor. During World War II, Breder was among the nearly 1,000 teenage girls and unmarried young women deported on the first official transport of Jews to Auschwitz. Very few of the girls on this first transport – or any of the other early transports – survived the more than three years until the end of the war. In Auschwitz, Breder worked as part of the Kanada Kommando, responsible for collecting the stolen belongings of prisoners, mostly Jews who had been murdered in the gas chambers on arrival.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ "Auschwitz Survivor and War Crimes Trial Witness Linda Breder". youtube.com. USC Shoah Foundation. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ "Oral history interview with Linda Breder". collections.ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ Pine, Dan (September 24, 2010). "Linda Breder, Holocaust survivor and activist, dies at 86". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Ghert-Zand, Renee (2020-01-02). "First transport of Jews to Auschwitz was 997 young Slovak women and teens". timesofisrael.com. Times of Israel. Retrieved 28 July 2023.