10 Facts About Antoinette Feuerwerker

Antoinette Feuerwerker was a French jurist and an active fighter in the French Resistance during the Second World War.

Antoinette Feuerwerker was the daughter of Pinchas Gluck-Friedman and Henia Shipper.

Antoinette Feuerwerker's father was a direct descendant of Hasidic leaders going back to the Magid Dov Ber of Mezeritch.

Antoinette Feuerwerker studied at the Lycee des Pontonniers in Strasbourg.

Antoinette Feuerwerker was later hidden by Germaine Goblot, daughter of French philosopher Edmond Goblot.

Antoinette Feuerwerker's sister, Rose Warfman, who was deported to Auschwitz, survived.

Antoinette Feuerwerker collaborated with her husband in his research on the emancipation of the Jews of France.

In 1966, they settled in Montreal, Quebec, where Antoinette Feuerwerker taught law and economics at the College Francais.

Antoinette Feuerwerker moved to Israel, where she spent the last three years of her life.

Antoinette Feuerwerker died on 10 February 2003, aged 90, and was buried in Sanhedria, Jerusalem, next to her husband.