Ruth Klüger

Ruth Klüger (30 October 1931 – 5 October 2020) was an Austrian-born American educator and writer. She was a Professor Emerita of German Studies at the University of California, Irvine and a Holocaust survivor. She was the author of the bestseller "weiter leben: Eine Jugend" about her childhood in the Third Reich. She also wrote "Still Alive". She was born in Vienna.
Klüger died on 5 October 2020 in Irvine, California from problems caused by bladder cancer at the age of 88.