The answer she found was revolutionary in its gentleness.
She wrote poems and children’s books that told the truth—but through metaphor, story, and humanity. Her famous book “The Key” follows a girl who takes a key from her home during the Holocaust—a symbol that memory itself is a way of returning to what was lost.
She didn’t hide the horror. She made it bearable.
For eight decades, Batsheva visited classrooms across the world. She taught thousands of children that remembrance is an act of love. That survivors aren’t just victims—they’re people who rebuilt lives with extraordinary courage.
Even at 95, 96, 97 years old, she continued visiting schools, answering questions, and holding children’s hands when they cried.
Batsheva Dagan died in 2024 at age 98—nearly 80 years after walking out of Auschwitz.
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