Auschwitz survivor who fought racism with music dies at 96
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Esther Bejarano, member of Auschwitz orchestra, dies at 96
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BERLIN Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who used the power of music to fight antisemitism and racism in post-war Germany, has died at 96.
Bejarano died peacefully in the early Saturday at the Jewish Hospital in Hamburg, the German news agency dpa quoted Helga Obens, a board member of the Auschwitz Committee in Germany, as saying. A cause of death was not given.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas paid tribute to Bejarano, calling her an important voice in the fight against racism and antisemitism.
Born in 1924 as the daughter of Jewish cantor Rudolf Loewy in French-occupied Saarlouis, the family later moved to Saarbruecken, where Bejarano enjoyed a musical and sheltered upbringing until the Nazis came to power and the city was returned to Germany in 1935.