Background
On November 10, 1938, her father and grandfather were arrested and taken away during the chaos of Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) and sent to the Dachau concentration camp.
On November 10, 1938, her father and grandfather were arrested and taken away during the chaos of Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) and sent to the Dachau concentration camp.
She is a survivor of the Holocaust and has published many books about her experiences in the Second World War. Inge Auerbacher was the last Jewish child born in Kippenheim, a village in South-Western Germany located at the foot of the Black Forest, close to the borders of France and Switzerland. She was the only child of Berthold (1898–1987) and Regina Auerbacher (née Lauchheimer, 1905–1996).
Inge’s father was a textile merchant and the family owned a large home in Kippenheim.
Auerbacher spent her childhood between the years 1942-1945, a total of 140,000 people were shipped to Terezin. 88,000 were sent primarily to the gas chambers in Auschwitz, and 35,000 died of malnutrition and disease in Terezin.
The Red Army rescued Auerbacher"s family on May 8, 1945. After a short stay at Göppingen, the family immigrated to New York in May 1946.
Seven years later Auerbacher obtained United States citizenship.
She graduated from Queens College and spent 38 years working as a chemistry In 1986, Auerbacher published her first book about her childhood"s memories. lieutenant was called I am a Star.
She is the author of 6 books (including three memoirs about her experiences in Terezin and recovering after the war), and the subject of a new play, "The Star on My Heart," to premiere in Ohio in November 2015.
