
102-year-old Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer is featured on the July/August cover of Vogue Germany. Margot was born in Berlin in 1921. Her entire family was murdered during the Holocaust, leaving Margot as the only survivor. One of the last things Margot’s mother said to her was, “Try to make your life.”
She married a fellow survivor, Adolf Friedländer, who she met in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, though they had known each other from Berlin. The couple moved to New York in 1946 and were together until Adolf’s passing in 1997. After his death, Margot began sharing her story publicly and returned to Berlin in 2010. She devoted her life to Holocaust education, focusing on speaking to younger generations in schools about her experiences to ensure that future generations learn from the past.
Friedländer said to Vogue: “I am grateful. Grateful that I made it. For being able to fulfill my mother’s wish. That I have made my life.”