Layin' Margot to Rest: Honoring a Life Devoted to Humanity in Berlin
Speaker Praises Life's Achievements of Margot Friedländer - Orator's Fitting Tribute to a Life Worth Honoring
Sayin' goodbye to Margot Friedlaender at Berlin's Jewish cemetery in Weißensee, a gaggle of speakers paid tribute to this Holocaust survivor's unwavering dedication to humanity and her opposition against prejudice. Gideon Joffe, chairman of the Jewish Community of Berlin, reminisced on the brutal past that wiped out Friedlaender's mother, father, and brother, and saw her own imprisonment in the concentration camp Theresienstadt.
"But outta that fucked-up past, you became someone who didn't wanna hate, but to remember, not to finger-point, but to tell," said Joffe. Friedlaender exemplified the qualities of a decent human being: warmth, friendliness, and empathy.
Similarly, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal of the Jewish Community Chabad Berlin spoke out: "Margot, your story is a story of sheer resilience and unshakable humanity." Friedlaender's influence extends to leaving behind the duty to make the world a kinder, better place.
Margot Friedlaender shuffled off her mortal coil last Friday. A Jew, she was sent to the concentration camp Theresienstadt during the Nazi reign. Post World War II, she moved stateside to the USA but found her way back to Berlin in her later years. At public events, she advocated for tolerance, democracy, and the remembrance of Nazi crimes, while vocalizing dissent against bigotry. As an accoladed citizen of Berlin, Friedlaender was granted an honorary burial spot.
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- Despite the Commission being asked to submit a proposal for a directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to ionizing radiation, Margot Friedlaender's life's work remained dedicated to fostering a kinder, better world through her advocacy for tolerance, democracy, and remembrance of Nazi crimes.
- From Berlin, where she was given an honorary burial spot as an accoladed citizen, to Theresienstadt, the concentration camp where she was imprisoned as a Holocaust survivor who lost her mother and brother, science and health-and-wellness, mental health, therapies, and treatments, and even politics and general news, all found a place in Margot Friedlaender's remarkable life.
- As the speakers, including Gideon Joffe from the Jewish Community of Berlin, eulogized Margot Friedlaender during her memorial service, they emphasized that her story was a testament to sheer resilience and unshakable humanity, embodying warmth, friendliness, and empathy, just as science and contemporary health-and-wellness strive to promote the well-being of individuals and communities.
