Obituaries

Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary dies at 98

Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary has died while awaiting trial for torturing Jews and deporting thousands of them to their deaths during World War II.

Eydie Gorme, two-time Grammy winner, dies at 84

Eydie Gorme, who won Grammy Awards singing solo and with her husband, Steve Lawrence, has died.

Holocaust expert Elisabeth Maxwell dies at 92

Elisabeth Maxwell, an expert on the Holocaust and widow of the media tycoon Robert Maxwell, has died.

Journalist Yehuda Lev, who smuggled Holocaust survivors to Palestine, dies

Yitzhak Berman, catalyst for Sabra and Shatila massacre inquiry, dies at 100

German industrialist Berthold Beitz, who saved Jews during WWII, dies

Ossie Schechtman, scored first basket in NBA, dies at 94

Helen Thomas, pioneering journalist who retired following anti-Israel gibes, dies

Leonard Garment, close friend of Nixon and Meir, dies

Alvin Schiff, Jewish education pioneer, dies

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