Inge Auerbacher

Inge Auerbacher was born in 1934 in Kippenheim, Germany. She was imprisoned from 1942 to 1945 in the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. She immigrated to the United States in 1946, and currently lives in New York City. Auerbacher graduated from Queens College in New York City with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. She worked for thirty-eight years in medical research and clinical work. She is retired and travels to many countries to speak about the Holocaust and about tolerance. Author of: I Am A Star - Child of the Holocaust Beyond the Yellow Star to America Running Against the Wind Finding Dr. Schatz - The Discovery of Streptomycin and A Life It Saved Highway to New York Honors and Awards: bull; New York State Senate Woman of Distinction, 2009 bull; Among the first honorees into the New York City Hall of Fame, 2007 bull; Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Long Island University, New York City, 2005 bull; Ellis Island Medal of Honor, 1999 bull; Louis E. Yavner Citizen Award, 1999 bull; Queens College of the City of New York Alumni Star, 1998 bull; Many other citations of honor from various governmental agencies