Name: Elisabeth Kaufmann
DOB: March 7,1924
DOD (date of death): April 5th, 2003
Age:79
Elisabeth Kaufmann was born on March 7, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. She was youngest of two children. She had an older brother named Peter, who she adored and loved very much. He became an American soldier and was killed at the age of 24, fighting against the Nazis. Elisabeth (later changed to Elizabeth) took care of the children at Le-Chambon-sur-Lingon, a village in France that defied Nazi law in order to protect Jewish children. She taught the children French and she cared for them, if they were having a terrible time adjusting. Elisabeth Kaufmann married Ernst Koenig (hence where Koenig comes from) and they had just one daughter.
Elisabeth Kaufmann Koenig established the USHMM Library in 1993. She died on Saturday, April 5, 2003 of a tumor that was cancerous, along with kidney problems. She was 79 years of age. Elizabeth was last known to be living in Alexandria, Virginia.
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