Fredy Hirsch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fredy Hirsch

German educationist

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1916

Place of Birth: Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1944

Profession: pedagogue, resistance fighter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alfred Hirsch (Hebrew: ???? ?????) ((1916-02-11)11 February 1916 – (1944-03-08)8 March 1944) was a German Jewish athlete, sports teacher and Zionist youth movement leader, notable for helping thousands of Jewish children during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in Prague, Theresienstadt concentration camp, and Auschwitz.
Hirsch was the deputy supervisor of children at Theresienstadt and the supervisor of the children's block at the Theresienstadt family camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Because of his German extraction, charisma, and careful appearance, he was able to convince SS guards to grant privileges to the children, including exemptions from deportation and extra rations, which saved their lives at least temporarily.
Hirsch and his assistants maintained clandestine education under the difficult circumstances.
Hirsch's insistence on exercise, discipline, and strict hygiene reduced death rates among the children. The family camp was due to be liquidated on 8 March 1944; Hirsch's popularity made him a natural leader for an uprising.
According to some accounts, he committed suicide in order not to have to witness the deaths of his charges; alternately, he was poisoned by Jewish doctors who would have been killed if an uprising had broken out.