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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

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Eva Schloss, Holocaust educator, dies at 96

Tireless co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust in honour of her posthumous step-sister

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Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (R) and Eva Schloss, the step-sister of Anne Frank and Honorary President of the Anne Frank Trust UK, take part in a candle lighting ceremony during a reception to mark holocaust memorial day and the 75th publication of Anne Franks diary for the Anne Frank Trust in London, on January 20, 2022. (Photo by Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

M8HT67 London, UK. 17th March, 2018. Gerry Gable of Searchlight magazine addresses the March Against Racism. The March Against Racism is organised by Stand Up To Racism to call on the Government to enact the Dubs Amendment, requiring it to act ?as soon as possible? to relocate and support unaccompanied refugee children in Europe, and to assist those fleeing war and persecution. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News

Gerry Gable, legendary anti-fascist campaigner dies at 88

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Obituary: Michael Burman former chair of Masorti Judaism

Obituary: Michael Burman former chair of Masorti Judaism

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Obituary: Major General Eli Zeira

Obituary: Major General Eli Zeira

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Minne Fry

South African artist whose vivid abstract expressionism was inspired by the natural world

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December 11, 2025 09:38

Minne Fry

Frank Gehry

Exuberant and transformative modern architect whose poetic designs reflect the influence of American jazz

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December 11, 2025 09:31

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 31: Honoree Frank Gehry speaks during the MOCA Gala 2025 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on May 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA))

Sir Tom Stoppard dies aged 88

Czech-born playwright who became the most acclaimed British dramatist of his generation and an Oscar-winning screenwriter

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November 29, 2025 18:26

Tom Stoppard at the Evening Standard Drama Awards in 1973, winning Best Play for Jumpers (Photo by D. Morrison/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty)

Vera Schaufeld, survivor and educator dies at 95

“I remember sitting on Liverpool Street station in London, hearing announcements in a strange language seeing children all round me being collected and fearing that I would be left there alone.”

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November 27, 2025 09:28

Vera Schaufeld, survivor and educator dies at 95

Felix D. Posen

Educational pioneer who promoted the concept of pluralistic Jewish cultural education

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November 11, 2025 16:29

Obituary: David Shalit

City banker, fencing star and philanthropist who oversaw the completion of the Barbican arts centre

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October 9, 2025 10:55

Obituary: David Shalit

Actress and Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner dies at 96

Polish actress and Holocaust survivor, whose most authentic role as a Catholic girl saved her life

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October 1, 2025 11:56

Actress and Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner dies at 96

Argentinian campaigner who led the families of the missing, dies aged 106

Campaigner who gave voice to the grandmothers of Argentine’s ”disappeared”

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September 25, 2025 08:27

The vice president of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) human rights organization, Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit, photographed at her home during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on July 20, 2016. / AFP / JUAN MABROMATA (Photo credit should read JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images)

Barbara Barnett

Socia l historian who recorded Holocaust child survivors’ memoirs

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September 4, 2025 11:23

Barbara Barnett

Rabbi Berel Wein: historian and educator dies aged 91

Historian and educator who resurrected “the dying narrative of Jewish history”

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September 1, 2025 08:14

Rabbi Berel Wein: historian and educator dies aged 91

Actor and former refugee Renee Goddard dies at 102

From the Hitler Youth to Holloway prison – and finally British broadcasting success for centenarian survivor

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July 30, 2025 09:04

Actor and former refugee Renee Goddard dies at 102

Irene Gill, peace campaigner, dies at 92

Holocaust refugee who channelled her trauma into peace campaigning

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July 8, 2025 16:11

Irene Gill as a young woman

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