Eve Boden

Eve Boden (F / Germany, 1935), Holocaust survivor

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Biography

Eve Boden was born June 25, 1935 in Mannheim, Germany. In October 1940, Eve and her family were sent to a detention camp in the Pyrenees in southwestern France. One year later, Eve was separated from her parents and sent to a Catholic orphanage, under the auspices of O.S.E., where she lived for one and a half years. In June 1942, on her seventh birthday, Eve boarded the last ship out of Europe unaccompanied by her parents, through the efforts of the Quakers, and came to America. A few months later, Eve’s parents were sent to Auschwitz. Eve spent the next eleven years of her life in America shuttling between numerous foster homes and foster institutions, before marrying and beginning a family. She received her B.S. degree from NYU and a Master of Social Work from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University. Eve has worked extensively with cancer patients and their families, and today practices psychotherapy with a more varied population.