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News | April 20, 2023

Holocaust survivor shares her story of courage, resilience

By Elaine Sanchez

A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor and military nurse shared her story during a Holocaust Days of Remembrance observance at Brooke Army Medical Center, April 17, 2023.

Unable to attend in person, Hannah Deutch virtually spoke to a packed auditorium from her nursing home in New York.

Softly speaking in a German accent, Deutch described the terrible events leading up to the Holocaust and the resilience that enabled her to move forward despite her many losses.

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