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Elane Norych Geller

Los Angeles, California

1936 - 2021

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Elane Norych Geller was born on April 2, 1936 and died on September 17, 2020. She was one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. She was pre-deceased by parents Esther and Mordecai, brothers Jack and Ben, and a sister, stepmother, stepbrother.Elane was born in Vojislav, Poland, a small town...

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Elane connected my mom and me to some of the best doctors at Ucla and helped bridge the language barrier / doctor jargon so my mom was able to understand what the doctors were saying. I always admired and respected her stories of survival, perseverance, and wisdom and am sad to learn of her passing. I hope she is at peace.

I am an 18-year-old, I knew Elane personally and had many meals with her. She was a sweet, kind and strong woman who was not afraid to tell her story. I miss you Elane.

You will be remembered. I will never forget all of the times you came to our school and spoke. In my eyes, you are a hero and an inspiration. Thank you so much and be at peace.

I think of Elane often. I knew her for decade's as she shopped in a boutique I worked for she became my friend. I will always have her in my thoughts and prayers as now she has been reunited with her family she lost so horrifically and tragically. This is just one of the pictures I took of her with two other customers/friends Pam to the left of Elane also has passed.

I only read about this true survivor in the newspaper yesterday. I am a year younger than she was. It is amazing to me she was able to survive. Bless her and her family. She must have been an amazing mother, friend, etc. We must not forget the holocaust! I would have loved to hear her speak. Have been to the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles. It is a place to go to remember what can happen when good people do not stand up for justice and demand the end to the rise of Naziism tendencies...

I remember Elane Norych Geller, of blessed memory, as a devoted Holocaust Survivor Speaker at the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance and as a dear friend. For over three decades, she inspired her audiences of students, educators, and law enforcement professionals with her powerful personal testimony of courage and resilience, strength and dignity. Her message was, "We are human beings first, and when we understand that, the world will be a better place.” May her memory forever be a...