Etta Katz - NNN 2025

BORN: March 17, 1923 – Veliké Loucky, Czechoslovakia

STORY OF SURVIVAL

Etta Katz survived multiple Nazi camps including Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Essen, and Gelsenkirchen after being deported from the Mukacevo Ghetto. She lost her parents and two young brothers in the Holocaust but remained with her two sisters through unimaginable suffering, including death marches and displaced persons camps. After the war, she immigrated to the U.S. and rebuilt her life with strength and purpose. One of the few remaining Holocaust survivors in the U.S., she speaks regularly to warn against hatred and indifference. Her message is clear: “Never give up hope. Never, ever give up.”