Magda's Memorial Remembrance
As we approach the one-year anniversary of losing our dear Grandma Magda, we are thinking about how best to continue honoring her memory. We would like to add a memorial remembrance stone at her gravesite that includes her key lessons - "Think before you hate. Protect your freedom. Stand up to the deniers." - and MagdaBrown.com, a website where people can learn more about her important story and her mission to share it with the world.
We are raising funds to help us purchase this memorial remembrance stone. We know these are difficult times, so please don't feel any pressure to donate. If you are able to give, we'd greatly appreciate your contributions.
All the best,
Magda's Grandchildren
Magda's Mission
Magda Brown was a Holocaust survivor who traveled the world on a mission to share her story and preach kindness, tolerance, and respect. We are devastated to share that Magda passed away July 7, 2020 at the age of 93.
Grandma Magda made the world a better, kinder, and more thoughtful place and is missed by so many . It is up to all of us to live out her lessons and carry on her legacy – we hope you will explore this site to learn more about Magda’s story , share her lessons with others, and explore tributes to Magda’s incredible life and the impact she had.
For the past two decades, Magda Brown and her daughter, Rochelle, traveled across the country and around the world, driven by a mission to share Magda’s harrowing story of surviving the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald concentration camps and building a new life in the United States. Magda embraced every opportunity to reach people, speaking to more than 100,000 people in person – and reaching millions more online.
Magda’s story was featured in Final Transports , an Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center documentary that aired on public television stations across the country this spring. The film was nominated for an Emmy and won first place at the Houston Film Festival.
Magda’s incredible legacy will live on in the lives of everyone she touched. Please help share her story and continue her mission.
May her memory be a blessing.