RUTH POSNER, aged 96
Surviving the Holocaust due to her acting skills, she had a number of lucky escapes. Later she became an actor and dance teacher as well as a Holocaust educator
SJOUKJE DIJKSTRA, aged 82
The greatest figure skater of her time, she won the Netherlands first gold at the Winter Olympics before becoming a world-famous performer in the circus.
THE KESSLER TWINS, aged 89
Escaping East Germany, they were Europe’s hottest stars, performing with the greats. They were inseparable spending every moment together – in life and death.
RUTH POSNER, aged 96
Surviving the Holocaust due to her acting skills, she had a number of lucky escapes. Later she became an actor and dance teacher as well as a Holocaust educator
SJOUKJE DIJKSTRA, aged 82
The greatest figure skater of her time, she won the Netherlands first gold at the Winter Olympics before becoming a world-famous performer in the circus.
THE KESSLER TWINS, aged 89
Escaping East Germany, they were Europe’s hottest stars, performing with the greats. They were inseparable spending every moment together – in life and death.
MAYA WIDMAIER PICASSO, aged 87
The oldest daughter of Pablo Picasso, she had a close relationship with him, eventually becoming the custodian of his work – and falling out with her brother.
MARGOT HEUMAN, aged 94
She lost her family in the Holocaust and survived concentration and labour camps, bombing and the Death March. She was the first Holocaust survivor to come out.
BARONESS BUNNY ESTERHAZY, aged 82
A socialite who escaped from Eastern Europe, she lived a life of indulgence and luxury, mixing with the royal family and many other stars..
JAAK DAEMEN, aged 97
A resistance fighter who joined the Belgian SAS and was involved in the liberation of his home country and The Netherlands and was the first to enter Germany.
FREDDY NOCK, aged 59
A circus performer and tightrope walker who broke many records, performing daring and dangerous feats with no safety precautions -or no fear.
VADIM BAKATIN, aged 84
A Soviet businessman turned politician, he was appointed the last ever head of the KGB, reforming it – and making himself unpopular with the authorities.
ADOLFO KAMINSKY, aged 97
An amateur chemist who narrowly avoided the Holocaust, he became the Resistance’s master forger – the man the Nazis couldn’t catch. He saved thousands of lives.
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