Henri Kichka
Henri Kichka (14 April 1926 – 25 April 2020) was a Belgian writer and Holocaust survivor. He was one of the leading figures in Holocaust education in Belgium.[1]
Henri Kichka | |
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Born | 14 April 1926 |
Died | 25 April 2020 Brussels, Belgium | (aged 94)
Nationality | Belgian |
Known for | Holocaust education |
Spouse(s) | Lucia Świerczyński (m. 1949; died 2001) |
Children | 4; including Michel |
Kichka was the only member of his family to have survived the deportation to camps in Central and Eastern Europe.
In 2005, published his autobiography, Une adolescence perdue dans la nuit des camps, prefaced by Serge Klarsfeld. He is the father of cartoonist Michel Kichka.
Kichka died on 25 April 2020 at the age of 94 in Brussels of COVID-19 in Brussels.[2]
References
- ↑ "Coronavirus: Auschwitz survivor Henri Kichka dies of Covid-19". BBC News. 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "Les « 7 nains » d'Henri Kichka : le dessin d'un jeune Juif belge pendant la Shoah | www.yadvashem.org" (in fr). henri-kichka.html. https://www.yadvashem.org/fr/blog/henri-kichka.html. Retrieved 19 January 2021.