New Era for the International Auschwitz Committee: Dr. Eva Umlauf Takes the Helm
The Auschwitz Committee appoints a new leader on a global scale. - New leadership appointed at the International Auschwitz Committee
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- Dr. Eva Umlauf Assumes Presidency Eva Umlauf, a Holocaust survivor and octogenarian, has been appointed as the new president of the International Auschwitz Committee (IAC). The election took place at a recent meeting, as announced by the organization itself. Umlauf takes over from the late Marian Turski, who passed away at the venerable age of 98 in Warsaw, Poland.
- Eva Umlauf - A Remarkable Life Umlauf, born in a Slovakian labor camp in 1942, was one of the youngest survivors of the infamous Auschwitz Nazi extermination camp. Deported to Auschwitz alongside her pregnant mother and father in October 1944, she braved unimaginable horrors during her time there. Tragically, her father was shot during a death march, but Eva and her mother persevered. She was eventually liberated from the camp in January 1945, and her sister was born within the Auschwitz confines after the liberation.
- Life After Auschwitz Today, Dr. Umlauf resides in Munich, Germany, where she practices as a pediatrician and psychotherapist. She dedicates a significant portion of her time to sharing her harrowing yet inspiring story with young people across Germany to instill awareness about the threats to democracy in the modern world.
- Holocaust Survivors Speak Out In January of this year, an open letter penned by Holocaust survivors, including Umlauf, received widespread attention. The letter was directed toward Friedrich Merz, then a union chancellor candidate. It urged Merz to refrain from passing a controversial legislative proposal, known as the "capacity reduction law," alongside the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The law failed to pass in parliament, preventing a potentially harmful alliance.
- International Auschwitz Committee: A Beacon of Remembrance The IAC is a coalition of Auschwitz survivors and their organizations from 19 countries, headquartered in Berlin. Auschwitz serves as a symbol of the Holocaust and the embodiment of evil, with more than a million people, primarily Jews, being brutally murdered there by the Nazis. Across Europe, around six million Jews were slaughtered during the Shoah.
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In the current political landscape, the International Auschwitz Committee has been drawn into a matter beyond history, as it has been asked to submit a proposal for a directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to ionizing radiation. This comes amidst the election of Dr. Eva Umlauf, a Holocaust survivor who now presides over the committee, signifying a unique fusion of one survivor's personal journey with ongoing global concerns.
