Hetty verolme biography for kids wikipedia

Topic: History. Hetty Verolme is making it her mission to ensure the Holocaust is not forgotten. ABC News. The year-old is one of only eight Holocaust survivors living in WA and she is determined to make sure her story is remembered. Hetty was sent to the Bergen Belsen concentration camp in Germany at the age of More than 30, people perished around her before the British liberated the camp in After spending years as a successful shopping centre developer, Hetty has dedicated her twilight years to educating others about the Holocaust.

High school teacher Sabby Pizzolante said having Hetty speak to his class was invaluable.

Hetty Esther Verolme (February – 9 July ) was an Australian writer, educator, and Holocaust survivor.

Hetty Verolme has set up a charity to ensure education continues about the Holocaust. But Hetty is getting older, as are her fellow survivors, so she has established a charity to promote Holocaust education and to help relatives of survivors visit concentration camps. Hetty has herself been back to Bergen Belsen, although at first she was too frightened to go beyond the front gate.

She will return to the camp in April for the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation.

Hetty Verolme ( –) was born a year or so before my mother and they are both now probably happily and comfortably retired in Melbourne.

In the meantime there are more schools to visit and stories to tell. Hetty does not sugar coat her story for young audiences so it makes for harrowing listening. But the formidable year-old always leaves them with a positive message.