What is Esther Béjarano?
[[File:2018-01-27 - Ester Bejarano - 3080.jpg|thumb|upright|Béjarano in 2018]] '''Esther Béjarano''' ({{née}} '''Löwy'''; 15 December 1924 – 10 July 2021) was a German singer. She was one of the last survivors of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nieuwhof |first1=Adri |title=Why Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano supports BDS |url=https://electronicintifada.net/content/why-auschwitz-survivor-esther-bejarano-supports-bds/26191 |accessdate=18 March 2019 |publisher=The Electronic Intifada |date=6 December 2018}}</ref> With [[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch]], she played in the [[Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz]]. Béjarano was born in [[Saarlouis]], [[Germany]]. She was a co-founder and chairman of the [[International Auschwitz Committee]] and honorary chairperson of the [[Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime]]. Béjarano died on 10 July 2021 in [[Hamburg]], aged 96.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trauer um Holocaust-Überlebende : Esther Bejarano ist tot |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/esther-bejarano-gestorben-101.html |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=Tagesschau |date=10 July 2021 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Große Trauer nach dem Tod von Esther Bejarano |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Grosse-Trauer-nach-dem-Tod-von-Esther-Bejarano,bejarano230.html |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=ndr.de |date=10 July 2021 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Sarah Judith |last=Hofmann |title=Holocaust survivor, singer Esther Bejarano dies, aged 96 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/holocaust-survivor-singer-esther-bejarano-dies-aged-96/a-58224215 |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=dw.com |date=10 July 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bejarano, Esther}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:German singers]] [[Category:Jewish German musicians]] [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] {{bio-stub}}