Ilse Scheuer Nathan, 98, died on August 23, just 10 days before her younger sister, Ruth Scheuer Siegler, 95.
The two Jewish sisters were both born in Germany and lived there until their family fled to Holland in 1939, following Kristallnacht.
In 1944, the entire family was sent to a concentration camp. The sisters went through 5 different concentration camps together.
Ilse and Ruth's father, mother, and brother were all killed during the Holocaust.
At one point, according to the Alabama Holocaust Education Center, the two sisters endured a forced four-week death march with 800 other female prisoners. Only 48 other women survived.
The two sisters continued to stick together after the war and were able to immigrate to America in 1946. Both women became actively involved in sharing their stories.
The Alabama Holocaust Education Center shared a tribute to both women upon their deaths, saying they were among the first Holocaust survivors to share their stories with students, starting as early as 1951 and continuing until recently.
The post went on to say,
Both Ilse and Ruth married Holocaust survivors, and after settling in Birmingham, they lived within walking distance of each other, continuing to support each other.
The tribute said,
Ruth "lived by the words of her father:
Lerne leiden ohne zu klagen.
Learn to suffer without complaining."
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