Memorial Edith Stein
Edith Stein was a German philosopher, fighter for women's rights and a Catholic nun with the name Teresia Benedicta a Cruce. She was of Jewish descent and was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on 9 August 1942.
As victim of the Holocaust she is declared sacred on 11 October 1988. Her anniversary-day is August 9th.
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- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Lauren Heerschap (1, 2, 3), Fedor de Vries (4, 5)
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