Lucille Eichengreen

Lucille Eichengreen (née Cecilie Landau; February 1, 1925 – February 7, 2020) was a survivor of the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) Ghetto and the Nazi German concentration camps of Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bergen-Belsen. She moved to the United States in 1946, married, had two sons and worked as an insurance agent. In 1994, she published From Ashes to Life: My Memories of the Holocaust. She frequently lectured on the Holocaust at libraries, schools and universities in the U.S. and Germany. She took part in a documentary from the University of Giessen on life in the Ghetto, for which she was awarded an honorary doctorate.

Lucille Eichengreen
Lucille Eichengreen in 2012, signing one of her books
Born
Cecilie Landau

(1925-02-01)February 1, 1925
Hamburg, Germany
DiedFebruary 7, 2020(2020-02-07) (aged 95)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
Organization
Known forHolocaust survivor
Awards
  • Honorary doctorate
  • Hamburger Ehrendenkmünze
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