Holocaust survivor Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, who warned of far-right populism in Europe, dies at age 97

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, who spent the late years of her life warning of the re-emergence of far-right populism and discrimination against minorities across Europe, has died. She was 97. The International Auschwitz Committee said Fahidi-Pusztai died in Budapest on Monday. A cause of death was not given. She survived the Auschwitz death camp and Buchenwald where she was forced to work as a slave laborer. Germany’s news agency dpa reported that 49 members of her family from Hungary were murdered by the Nazis — she was the only one who survived. The International Auschwitz Committee said that “Auschwitz survivors all over the world bid farewell to their fellow sufferer, friend and companion with deep sadness, gratitude and respect.”