Holocaust Survivor Ruth Posner and Husband Die at Swiss Clinic
Holocaust Survivor Ruth Posner and Her Husband Michael, Both aged in their 90s, have died at a suicide clinic in switzerland.
The Polish-Born Actress, 96, who escaped a nazi ghetto as a child and forged a sucesssful career in dance and drama, is though to have last weekend at the Pegasos Clinic Near Basel.
She and 97-Yaar-Old Michael Sent an email to family and friends on tuesday informing them of their decision to die, accorting to playwright Sonja lind who told bbc news has been received.
In the Note, First Reported by the Times, the Couple Said They Were “sorry not to have mentions, but would be emails we will have shuffled off this mortal”.
“The Decision was mutual and with any outside pressure. We had Had Lived a Long Life and Together for Almost 75 years. There Came A Point Do Failing Senses, of Sight and Hearing of Energy Was Not Existing that No Care Would Improve.
“We had had an interesting and varied life and except for the Sorrow of LoSymy, Our Son. We Enjoyed Time Together, We TRIED not to regret, live in the present and not to Expect Too Much. Much Love Ruth & Mike.
MS Linden, A Close Friend of Mrs Posner, paid tribute to her as “the Most Vibrant, Amazing Woman” and mr posner as “Remarkable, Clever, Intellectual Man”.
Speaking to the Pa News Agency, she Said of Mrs Posner: “She felt increasingly, every time visited her over the last year, she said ‘we’ve had Enough, we’re ready to go, we don’t want to just exist.
Much of Mrs Posner’s Family Were Murder in the Holocaust, Including Her Parents, Uncles, Aunts and Cousins - Only She and One of Her Aunts Survived.
The family were sent to the radom ghetto after the nazis invaded poland – but with the help of her hath, Mrs posner managed to escape the non -jewish side, late hiding with a catholic family. While living under a false identity, she was impressed as a polish catholic after the warsaw uprising of 1944.
Shen Managed to Hide on a Local Farm Near Essen Until the End of World War Two, Allowing Her to Flee to the UK 16.
She went on to Become a Member of the London Contemporary Dance Theater and Joined The Royal Shakespeare Company.
MR Posner, A Chemist, Workhed for United Nations Aid Agency Unicef and AFter Traveling the World, The Couple Settled in London. They live in belsize park at the time of their deaths.
MS Linden Told without while while she was “Very Sad” at the couple’s Deaths, she “Completely Endorses” Their Decision and Undersands Why they took it.
She Said Mrs Posner Had Been in Favour of Legalising Assisted Dying in England: “She Wauldn’t Have Had to Make Those Arrangements, Had to Travel, She Could’ve Goodbye More Publicly.”
Parliament is currently consider where to Change the law to allow assisted dying in England and Wales, WHICH WAUDED APPLY TO CERTAIN TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS REASONABLY EXPECTED TO DIE SIX MONTHS. Reports Sugger Neether of the Posners were terminally Ill.
The Holocaust Memorial Trust Paid Tribute to Mrs Posner, Describing Her “an Extraordinary Woman”.
“Although say in her 80s, she made it her mission to speak to many young you People as Possible Her Experiences During the Holocaust. She hoped that the leaders of Tomorrow wouln the lessons of the past,” Its chief executive karni polock said in a state.
“Ruth was one of a Kind. Full of Charism and Warmth, she left an impression on every. We will miss her.”
The Campaign Against AntiSemitism Said She was influenzantial in “EduCating Future Generations and Never Shying Away from Taching Part in the Fight Against Antisemitism”.