The Jewish Museum of Greece announced the passing of Zanet Nachmia, the last Holocaust survivor from the northwestern Greek city of Ioannina, at the age of 99, just before her 100th birthday.
Born in 1925 in Ioannina, Nachmia was one of six children in a Jewish family. In 1944, she and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where 1,850 members of the city’s Jewish community were murdered. Nachmia survived Auschwitz, as well as other camps, including Mauthausen and Gelenau, before being forced to work in a factory in Breslau (now Wroclaw). Only she and her older brother Michael survived.
After the war, Nachmia returned to Ioannina, married fellow Auschwitz survivor Israel Tsitos, and settled there for the rest of her life. She is survived by children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The Jewish Museum of Greece expressed its sorrow, noting that Nachmia had supported the museum by donating family photographs and sharing her personal testimony. Her funeral will be held in Ioannina on December 5.
