Auschwitz survivor who fought racism with music dies at 96

A survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who devoted much of her life to fighting antisemitism and racism in Germany has died

BERLIN -- Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who devoted much of her life to the fight against antisemitism and racism, has died. She was 96. Mereon Mendel, the director of the Anne Frank Educational Center in Frankfurt, Germany, said Saturday that Bejarano died overnight. A cause of death was not given. German news agency dpa reported that she died peacefully at the Jewish Hospital in Hamburg, citing Helga Obens, the chair of the Auschwitz Committee. Bejarano emigrated to Israel after World War II but returned to Germany with her husband in 1960, dpa reported.