She outlived the hatred that tried to destroy her. And she spent those 80 years proving that education, delivered with compassion, can transform pain into wisdom and remembrance into hope.
At her funeral, former students from around the world spoke of how she changed their understanding—not by making the Holocaust easier to learn about, but by making it possible to bear.
She showed us that teaching difficult truths with gentleness isn’t weakness. It’s the most powerful form of strength.
Memory, she proved, is an act of love.
Zichrona livracha. May her memory be a blessing.