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'''Becky Behar''' (F / Italy, 1929-2009), Holocaust survivor.
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'''Becky Behar''' (F / Turkey, Italy, 1929-2009), Holocaust survivor.
 
* Youngest survivor of the [[Lake Maggiore Massacres]].


* KEYWORDS -- <[[Lake Maggiore Massacres]]> <[[Refugees]]> <Switzerland>
* KEYWORDS -- <[[Lake Maggiore Massacres]]> <[[Refugees]]> <Switzerland>
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* [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Behar Wikipedia.it]
* [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Behar Wikipedia.it]


Youngest survivor of the [[Lake Maggiore Massacres]], when members of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler murdered at least 57 Jews (predominantly Italian and Greek) in Sept-Oct 1943.
Rachel "Becky" Behar was born January 8, 1929 in Liegi, Belgium to a Jewish-Turkish family. Her parents were the owners of the Hotel Meina, where several Jews were arrested and murdered by members of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in the [[Lake Maggiore Massacres]] in Sept 1943. Becky and her family survived only because they had Turkish passports and the Turkish consul, Niebil Hertog, personally intervened in their defense. The family then fled to safety in Switzerland.
 
After the war Becky returned to Milan. She married Pier Paolo Ottolenghi. She was deeply engaged in keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust.
 
Becky died in Milan on January 16, 2009.


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Revision as of 09:12, 17 September 2020

2003 Behar.jpg

Becky Behar (F / Turkey, Italy, 1929-2009), Holocaust survivor.

  • MEMOIRS -- Il diario di Becky Behar (2003)

Biography

Rachel "Becky" Behar was born January 8, 1929 in Liegi, Belgium to a Jewish-Turkish family. Her parents were the owners of the Hotel Meina, where several Jews were arrested and murdered by members of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in the Lake Maggiore Massacres in Sept 1943. Becky and her family survived only because they had Turkish passports and the Turkish consul, Niebil Hertog, personally intervened in their defense. The family then fled to safety in Switzerland.

After the war Becky returned to Milan. She married Pier Paolo Ottolenghi. She was deeply engaged in keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust.

Becky died in Milan on January 16, 2009.

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