What is Henri Kichka?
{{Infobox person | name = Henri Kichka | image = Henri Kichka au Ciné-Club Educatif et Culturel le 11 mars 2010 à Mons (Crop).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Henri Kichka in 2010. | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 14 April 1926 | birth_place = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|04|25|1926|04|14}} | death_place = Brussels, Belgium | nationality = [[Belgians|Belgian]] | spouse = {{marriage|Lucia Świerczyński|1949|2001|end=d}} | children = 4; including [[Michel Kichka|Michel]] | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = [[Education about the Holocaust|Holocaust education]] | notable_works = }} '''Henri Kichka''' (14 April 1926 – 25 April 2020) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] writer and [[Holocaust survivor]]. He was one of the leading figures in [[Education about the Holocaust|Holocaust education]] in Belgium.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52433656|title=Coronavirus: Auschwitz survivor Henri Kichka dies of Covid-19|date=26 April 2020|work=BBC News}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Les « 7 nains » d'Henri Kichka : le dessin d'un jeune Juif belge pendant la Shoah {{!}} www.yadvashem.org |url=https://www.yadvashem.org/fr/blog/henri-kichka.html |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=henri-kichka.html |language=fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kichka, Henri}} [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] [[Category:Writers from Brussels]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Brusse