Greta Beer

Greta Georgia Beer (née Deligdisch; 25 June 1921 — 23 January 2020) was Romanian Jew who advocated the rights of thousands of other Holocaust survivors and their families, who collectively lost millions in assets during World War II. Her work culminated in a lawsuit against Swiss banks that resulted in a settlement of more than $1 billion. She spoke six languages fluently: Romanian, German, Polish, French, Italian, and English.[1]

Greta Georgia Beer
Born(1921-06-25)June 25, 1921
Cernăuți, Romania
Died(2020-01-23)January 23, 2020 (aged 98)
Brighton, Massachusetts

She was born and raised in Cernăuți, Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine), and settled in the United States in the early 1950s, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1956.[2]

References
  1. "The Washington Post". Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. "The New York Times". Retrieved March 15, 2021.
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