Alisa “Alice” Ehrmann-Shek (May 5, 1927, Prague
-2007) is a Holocaust survivor whose diary documents the last six months of the
Theresienstadt Ghetto.
She and her husband were two of the founders of the Beit Theresienstadt museum, opened in 1975.
Biography
Alice’s father, Rudolf Ehrmann, was an architect. Her mother Pavla was born Catholic in Vienna. When she married, she did not practice any religion. Alice and her older sister neither attended religious schools nor did they practice Judaism though they always knew of their Jewish heritage.
Alice Ehrmann
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Both Alice and her husband Zeev Shek
Zeev Shek, (born May 13, 1920; died October 2, 1978, Rome, ), a Holocaust survivor, was an Israeli diplomat. He was also one of the founders of the Beit Theresienstadt museum, opened in 1975.
Biography
According to Daniel, Zeev grew up in a larg ...
were Czechoslovak and Theresienstadt survivors. They knew each other from Prague’s Zionist youth movement. She was deported to the Terezin ghetto in 1943 and the couple secretly married there. They were separated when Shek volunteered to go with his mother to Auschwitz. They reunited after the war and emigrated to Israel in 1946. In Israel, Shek was the personal secretary to Moshe Sharett and was an ambassador. Alice became an artist and they had three children. Son Daniel Shek
Daniel Shek is a former Israeli diplomat who served as Ambassador to France (September 2006-December 2010) and Consulate General to the Pacific Northwest of the US based in San Francisco. He is a member of the Kadima party.
Biography
Shek was ...
is also an ambassador.
Diary
Her diary is 33 pages long, includes drawings she made and is written in German but uses Hebrew letters. When her husband was leaving to go to Auschwitz, he insisted she keep the diary.
References
Holocaust survivors
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