Gena Turgel
Gena Turgel (née Goldfinger; 1 February 1923[2] – 7 June 2018) was a Jewish Polish author, educator, and Holocaust survivor.
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| Born | Gena Goldfinger 1 February 1923 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | 7 June 2018 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | Author, educator |
| Language | English, Polish |
| Period | 1987–2018 |
| Genre | Memoir, essay |
| Notable works | I Light a Candle |
| Spouse | Norman Turgel[1] (m. 1945) |
| Children | 3[1] |
| Relatives | Miriam Goldfinger, Janek Goldfinger, Hela Goldfinger, Willek Goldfinger |
Her memoir, I Light a Candle, was published in 1987. She spent much of her life educating British school pupils about the Holocaust.[3]
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