Austrian Holocaust survivor “Mrs. Gertrude” dies at 94
BERLIN (AP) — The Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger, who became famous during Austria’s 2016 presidential campaign with a video message in which “Mrs. Gertrude” warned of hatred and exclusion triggered by the far right, has died at 94.Pressburger died Friday after a long illness, her family told the Austrian press agency APA on Saturday.Pressburger was born and raised in Vienna, the daughter of a carpenter. Her Jewish family converted to Catholicism in the early 193
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