Paul Niedermann (1 November 1927 – 7 December 2018) was a
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Jewish journalist and photographer.
Biography
In 1940, Niedermann escaped his homeland of
Germany to the French province of
Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Niedermann was one of the Jewish children in the orphanage at
Izieu,
France. He managed to escape Nazi capture by escaping to
Switzerland
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in 1944. A book title
Children of Izieu would be written about the orphanage that sheltered the Jewish children from Nazi rule. Niedermann would later testify in the trial against
Klaus Barbie.
After
World War II ended, Niedermann settled down in
Paris and became a writer and photographer. His testimony against Klaus Barbie, Niedermann went back to his home city of
Karlsruhe and told of the struggles he went through to avoid Nazi capture. After the trial, he was invited to speak at numerous lectures.
Paul Niedermann died on 7 December 2018 at the age of 91.
References
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1927 births
2018 deaths
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to France
Journalists from Paris
Photographers from Paris