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Your father." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/fc8b1f11-a041-40b6-8869-7835ccf65126/Screenshot+2025-04-06+at+10.08.07%E2%80%AFAM.png Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate - Make it stand out Irene’s Star of David she had to wear at all times in Amsterdam to identify her as a Jew. It was stolen from Irene’s home in the early 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486928441077-F494D9SD0UJE9AHTM3SY/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate A copy of the passport photo used for my Ecuadorian passport, circa 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486928627265-5AB66YUE0LB7DLR89RE5/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate I gained back weight, and then some, in the refugee Camp Jeanne d'Arc in Algeria, 1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486928810853-NU3E9NHMWL596B8YOK54/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate As a university student in the 50's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486921853188-IVYO8YM2VRCXA5MHET95/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate Here I am doing a somersault on the beach, circa 1935 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491058878369-Z0Q5KK1L2O2UT7YSAVE0/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate I'm in second grade at Vondelschool in Amsterdam in 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1620054882155-Z5C2E67ACK001CIAYLBF/Screen+Shot+2021-05-03+at+11.13.45+AM.png Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate Her father's entry in Irene's memories book, or Poesie, from June 8, 1940: "My little love, you are mine, you belong to me, you are the dearest. Your father." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/fc8b1f11-a041-40b6-8869-7835ccf65126/Screenshot+2025-04-06+at+10.08.07%E2%80%AFAM.png Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate - Make it stand out Irene’s Star of David she had to wear at all times in Amsterdam to identify her as a Jew. It was stolen from Irene’s home in the early 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486928441077-F494D9SD0UJE9AHTM3SY/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate A copy of the passport photo used for my Ecuadorian passport, circa 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486928627265-5AB66YUE0LB7DLR89RE5/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate I gained back weight, and then some, in the refugee Camp Jeanne d'Arc in Algeria, 1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486928810853-NU3E9NHMWL596B8YOK54/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter Biography — Holocaust Survivor & Human Rights Advocate As a university student in the 50's http://www.irenebutter.com/wallenberg-legacy daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491067974672-0178IEGTN77UQI6424DD/butterheller.jpg Irene Butter and her Wallenberg Legacy Irene with Sister Luise Radlmeier, 2006 Wallenberg medalist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486917988146-A1ETK5ACKUZO7G6RMI5H/IMG_1554.JPG Irene Butter and her Wallenberg Legacy Irene with the 2005 medal recipient Paul Rusesabagina, the man who saved over 1,200 people during the Rwanda genocide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486917931584-IG428K179RT9ZOF2FO4A/IMG_1534.JPG Irene Butter and her Wallenberg Legacy Irene with the Dalai Lama, the 1994 medal recipient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486917957876-S16BLZOD01J0KMG34WTO/IMG_1544.JPG Irene Butter and her Wallenberg Legacy Irene with 1994 medal recipient Miep Gies who helped hide Anne Frank's family during World War II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491067974672-0178IEGTN77UQI6424DD/butterheller.jpg Irene Butter and her Wallenberg Legacy Irene with Sister Luise Radlmeier, 2006 Wallenberg medalist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486917988146-A1ETK5ACKUZO7G6RMI5H/IMG_1554.JPG Irene Butter and her Wallenberg Legacy Irene with the 2005 medal recipient Paul Rusesabagina, the man who saved over 1,200 people during the Rwanda genocide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486917931584-IG428K179RT9ZOF2FO4A/IMG_1534.JPG Irene Butter and her Wallenberg Legacy Irene with the Dalai Lama, the 1994 medal recipient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486917957876-S16BLZOD01J0KMG34WTO/IMG_1544.JPG Irene Butter and her Wallenberg Legacy Irene with 1994 medal recipient Miep Gies who helped hide Anne Frank's family during World War II. http://www.irenebutter.com/galleries/germany daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491095365127-TIRRAGQRX32D3CDTDPM0/Irene+and+Werner+Hasenberg%2C+circa+1933 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486860205980-M9SYRLYFQDPOUUMBOXTJ/irene-grandfather.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491095796106-1QFZOGBV3I59IEU37PET/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486853273478-V95FQF2DDN5IUWETKOA9/IMG_6652+2.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486853432431-7CQRTLSC8TXOXUBABLMH/IMG_1474.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486853391211-YSHADVFZWQ66AA4CPB3V/IMG_6624.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486860466065-Z21HIB5C6YYXTDNGRE6I/IMG_6598.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491061681532-1MGM1ZSYQPWBBPOK9VAY/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486851638294-BWGLID9BUS28WJT0ROAZ/IMG_1398.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486851897869-3QR9L2I4UNYEFIUF0T7Z/IMG_1400.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491095365127-TIRRAGQRX32D3CDTDPM0/Irene+and+Werner+Hasenberg%2C+circa+1933 Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Irene Hasenberg and her brother Werner, circa 1933. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486860205980-M9SYRLYFQDPOUUMBOXTJ/irene-grandfather.jpg Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Irene's brother Werner with their grandfather, Julius Mayer or Opa as he was called by the grandchildren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491095796106-1QFZOGBV3I59IEU37PET/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Irene with her maternal grandmother, Pauline Mayer or Omi as she was affectionately called, in 1931. Pauline and her husband Julius were not allowed to move from Germany, although they did later visit Irene's family in Amsterdam. They were deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp on August 17, 1942. Pauline was murdered on October 19 of that year and Julius on November 9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486853273478-V95FQF2DDN5IUWETKOA9/IMG_6652+2.JPG Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Irene's Pappi, John Hasenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486853432431-7CQRTLSC8TXOXUBABLMH/IMG_1474.JPG Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Irene's Mutti, Gertrude Hasenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486853391211-YSHADVFZWQ66AA4CPB3V/IMG_6624.JPG Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Irene (right) with her brother Werner and Mutti (Gertrude Hasenberg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486860466065-Z21HIB5C6YYXTDNGRE6I/IMG_6598.JPG Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Irene with her Pappi in Berlin, circa 1934. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491061681532-1MGM1ZSYQPWBBPOK9VAY/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Irene in first grade in Berlin, 1936. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486851638294-BWGLID9BUS28WJT0ROAZ/IMG_1398.JPG Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Riga, Latvia (Sept 6, 1918): Irene's father John Hasenberg (right) with friend and fellow World War One German officer Leo Buschhoff. During the World War Two Leo got Irene's family off the list to Auschwitz concentration camp where they would have most likely been killed. Leo and his wife didn't survive the Second World War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486851897869-3QR9L2I4UNYEFIUF0T7Z/IMG_1400.JPG Irene Butter's photos from Germany (1914-1937) Riga, Latvia (1915): John Hasenberg (pointing with swagger stick), hamming it up with his rangefinder squad. The rangefinder (the horizontal tube on the tripod) was used to measure the distance of enemy aircraft. http://www.irenebutter.com/historical-photo-archive daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486850215571-SVTGD4SRFA1LBHAGI17D/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486867000592-GVMJBPFI7KNRKEQFEQS9/IMG_1524.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486867035448-XKZX7E6DOPFXM02D8MPW/IMG_1522.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486867057251-GTTOBMKBC54XYFNE5RWG/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486914691471-6N4PODVBRPLE9BPGJ8ZI/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486850215571-SVTGD4SRFA1LBHAGI17D/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter's Photos Irene with her father John Hasenberg in their Berlin home, circa 1934. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486867000592-GVMJBPFI7KNRKEQFEQS9/IMG_1524.JPG Irene Butter's Photos Irene and her brother Werner, circa 1939. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486867035448-XKZX7E6DOPFXM02D8MPW/IMG_1522.JPG Irene Butter's Photos Irene at the displaced persons camp in Algeria, 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486867057251-GTTOBMKBC54XYFNE5RWG/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter's Photos Newlywed Irene with her husband Charlie Butter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486914691471-6N4PODVBRPLE9BPGJ8ZI/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter's Photos Examples of the hundreds of cards and artwork that Irene receives from students after her talks. http://www.irenebutter.com/the-netherlands daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486860965831-OUCTWASHYSM6VA0YE52M/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486860990160-FWJ1JRY64OCQ0633UWAT/IMG_1524.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486861011262-MH2XIMMX50C64LZY5P3R/IMG_1528.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486861027050-H67YNCL1YL1I1IMWQE8U/IMG_1486.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486861076675-B63HTFUR9FSEKSLN8G8S/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486861092337-C0QBBZVM4VBEJ3ZMGZHI/IMG_6628.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486860965831-OUCTWASHYSM6VA0YE52M/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter's photos from The Netherlands (1937-1943) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486860990160-FWJ1JRY64OCQ0633UWAT/IMG_1524.JPG Irene Butter's photos from The Netherlands (1937-1943) Irene with her brother Werner at the shore, circa 1939. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486861011262-MH2XIMMX50C64LZY5P3R/IMG_1528.JPG Irene Butter's photos from The Netherlands (1937-1943) Irene, Werner, and cousin sledding along the canals of Amsterdam, circa 1941. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486861027050-H67YNCL1YL1I1IMWQE8U/IMG_1486.JPG Irene Butter's photos from The Netherlands (1937-1943) Irene and Werner, circa 1942. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486861076675-B63HTFUR9FSEKSLN8G8S/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter's photos from The Netherlands (1937-1943) Irene, Mutti, and Werner shortly before being rounded up by the police and sent to Camp Westerbork, circa spring 1943. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486861092337-C0QBBZVM4VBEJ3ZMGZHI/IMG_6628.JPG Irene Butter's photos from The Netherlands (1937-1943) Irene's identity card photo, circa 1943. German identity card photos required that the left ear be visible as an added identity detail. http://www.irenebutter.com/concentration-displaced-persons-camps daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1633881749336-1VNDU1LZ1QCLL1AXTVWH/Screen+Shot+2021-10-10+at+12.01.23+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862538193-67C9D10EC4GQKH8MO93P/006-021-001-086-C.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862552611-V7WA8WPFXAXFIT92AN0R/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862564045-W343XZ9OBV29RNH4C40P/ID0166_BU4006.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862578690-R376WOJA2H0HKGYX5HRS/IMG_6595.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862596450-BUPVGITDJ3VPHC1X6TXB/IMG_1495.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862618281-J7BUSQCAYNY0UC9ME8Z5/IMG_1522.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862631267-HSJNGGH3VCJFNQ9KIOCO/IMG_1523.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1633881749336-1VNDU1LZ1QCLL1AXTVWH/Screen+Shot+2021-10-10+at+12.01.23+PM.png Irene Butter in the Camps Camp Westerbork (the Netherlands): Between 1942 and 1944, Westerbork served as a transit camp for Dutch Jews where they were housed until deported to extermination camps. Every Tuesday Jews were put on the train and sent to concentration camps like Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. The Monday night before, when the names of those being departed were announced, were the most traumatic for Irene and her family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862538193-67C9D10EC4GQKH8MO93P/006-021-001-086-C.jpg Irene Butter in the Camps Camp Bergen-Belsen (Germany): Irene and her immediate family were in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from 1944-1945. This photo, taken by an Allied aircraft, shows a roll call in the Star Camp section of Bergen-Belsen in the fall of 1944, the same time that Irene's family was there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862552611-V7WA8WPFXAXFIT92AN0R/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter in the Camps Camp Bergen-Belsen (Germany): This photo, taken at the camp's liberation in spring 1945, shows the large pile of shoes where Werner worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862564045-W343XZ9OBV29RNH4C40P/ID0166_BU4006.jpg Irene Butter in the Camps Camp Bergen-Belsen (Germany): This photo, taken at the camp's liberation in spring 1945, shows a portion of the Star Camp where Irene's family lived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862578690-R376WOJA2H0HKGYX5HRS/IMG_6595.JPG Irene Butter in the Camps Vitek, the traumatized Polish boy who Irene came to care for at Camp Jeanne d'Arc in the displaced persons camp in Algeria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862596450-BUPVGITDJ3VPHC1X6TXB/IMG_1495.JPG Irene Butter in the Camps Algeria (1945): Irene gains enough weight that she feels she needs to go on a diet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862618281-J7BUSQCAYNY0UC9ME8Z5/IMG_1522.JPG Irene Butter in the Camps Displaced persons camp Jeanne d'Arc (Algeria, 1945): Irene (front row, far right) with friend, Mieke, to her right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486862631267-HSJNGGH3VCJFNQ9KIOCO/IMG_1523.JPG Irene Butter in the Camps Algeria (1945): Irene (center, standing) with friend, Mieke, to her left and other youth. http://www.irenebutter.com/america daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865655032-HC01QEBYCWVPOA55R6WK/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene graduates from Queens College in New York City in 1953. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865679253-QBLFXSZO4T48RCJ2NSMW/IMG_1492.JPG Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene's Mutti, Gertrude Hasenberg, in New York City, circa 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865888321-ZBP4YUP1382KXTY1661Z/P1010687.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene at Duke University, where she was one of the first women to graduate with a Ph.D. in Economics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865750576-780W0MSQ391SFMG59ELQ/IMG_1566.JPG Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene and her brother Werner visiting the site of Camp Bergen-Belsen in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491097475122-VKTQIL6ZQ5XYJPVU1VCA/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene at her Pappi's grave in Laupheim, Germany in 2014. Lacking a Jewish cemetery, the German town of Biberach buried Pappi in a Christian one after his body were left on the train platform. Soon after the war, a group of Bergen-Belsen survivors reinterred Pappi in the Jewish cemetery in Laupheim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865762860-FU00CK9M2Z1RREK3BLRR/1957_IreneCharlie.jpg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene as a newlywed with her husband Charlie Butter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865780490-0UCEO4F12X5LSFXNUGP5/IMG_1578.JPG Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene and Charlie in 2011; both are University of Michigan professors emeritus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865923376-H3QT4Q9Z4KJ0FQ9UFQ1D/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene in 2013 with her childhood blanket, the same one she had through Westerbork, Bergen-Belsen, and Camp Jeanne d'Arc in Algeria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1631704924328-9WA20SE9URMTQGFZXZXO/Screen+Shot+2021-09-15+at+7.13.36+AM.png Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) - Make it stand out Irene’s daughter Ella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1631704948354-JT0FH6XJJ1BA40MI3P92/LCC_pic_moms_book.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) - Make it stand out Irene’s son Noah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1631704977834-GZ3FI9LQDQUJQGEBTPLY/IMG_0017.JPG Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) - Make it stand out Irene with her grandchildren Amelie, Jonah, and Shareen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1631705000850-AUHT99ZF5B0V7IVUWQWC/d71475c9-a823-4eea-8b2f-c7f8f3c22524.JPG Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) - Make it stand out Irene’s great grandson Adam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1631705018665-W86UL2H8W3FD7R33SBL0/IMG_3187.jpg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) - Make it stand out Irene’s great granddaughter Maya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865655032-HC01QEBYCWVPOA55R6WK/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene graduates from Queens College in New York City in 1953. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865679253-QBLFXSZO4T48RCJ2NSMW/IMG_1492.JPG Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene's Mutti, Gertrude Hasenberg, in New York City, circa 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865888321-ZBP4YUP1382KXTY1661Z/P1010687.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene at Duke University, where she was one of the first women to graduate with a Ph.D. in Economics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865750576-780W0MSQ391SFMG59ELQ/IMG_1566.JPG Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene and her brother Werner visiting the site of Camp Bergen-Belsen in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491097475122-VKTQIL6ZQ5XYJPVU1VCA/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene at her Pappi's grave in Laupheim, Germany in 2014. Lacking a Jewish cemetery, the German town of Biberach buried Pappi in a Christian one after his body were left on the train platform. Soon after the war, a group of Bergen-Belsen survivors reinterred Pappi in the Jewish cemetery in Laupheim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865762860-FU00CK9M2Z1RREK3BLRR/1957_IreneCharlie.jpg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene as a newlywed with her husband Charlie Butter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865780490-0UCEO4F12X5LSFXNUGP5/IMG_1578.JPG Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene and Charlie in 2011; both are University of Michigan professors emeritus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1486865923376-H3QT4Q9Z4KJ0FQ9UFQ1D/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter photos in the United States (1945-present) Irene in 2013 with her childhood blanket, the same one she had through Westerbork, Bergen-Belsen, and Camp Jeanne d'Arc in Algeria. 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I am finally free, from being a slave all my life, praying each day and night, everyday worrying about my kids and wife. I am finally free, I sing with joyful sound, I am free, I am free, and now I am found. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/9a14e724-587d-4b35-9c12-e74a36d92bc1/Screenshot+2024-12-28+at+11.16.00%E2%80%AFAM.png Irene Butter's Achievements & Awards - Make it stand out Irene with her German podcast co-hosts Ida, Lonneke, Mathilda, and Milla (2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491065048873-8J9RY009NOTAC93RGB3J/irene-sister-ranier_cropped-300x190.jpg Irene Butter's Achievements & Awards Irene, with husband Charlie, receiving the Genesis Humanitarian Award in 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491101091108-PQVJWJCGTSNS5QFK01RN/image-asset.jpeg Irene Butter's Achievements & Awards University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) School of Public Health faculty and graduating students in hospital administration circa 1975. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/d3208797-4304-4cf7-9d7e-dd913a25a161/Screenshot+2025-06-03+at+9.33.38%E2%80%AFAM.png Irene Butter Video & Audio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/e4bd6832-a6a9-4145-b1ed-97276f07c714/Screenshot+2025-06-03+at+9.24.46%E2%80%AFAM.png Irene Butter Video & Audio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/ac1d34a3-5e00-43cb-84ce-6123ac87ae38/Screenshot+2025-06-02+at+7.03.44%E2%80%AFAM.png Irene Butter Video & Audio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/ae9db390-97a5-4900-8bd5-8800622396a3/Screenshot+2025-06-02+at+7.13.55%E2%80%AFAM.png Irene Butter Video & Audio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/b14836d2-dc98-47bd-97da-b5354b7c9c84/1743779413339.jpg Irene Butter Video & Audio - Make it stand out Mark G. Auerbach kicks off season 2 of Survivor Stories with Irene Butter, Holocaust survivor and international speaker who was just knighted by the Dutch this past week for her amazing personal story and work. 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View here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1551926646490-KE9T2TNSZ9MBSJYDPBTV/Screen+Shot+2019-03-06+at+9.43.53+PM.png Irene Butter Video & Audio LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (2018) - Irene speaks about her experiences during World War II as recounted in her book, "From Holocaust to Hope." She appeared with her co-authors, Kris Holloway and John Bidwell. The event was cosponsored with the Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1530529961572-HHYH9RLS1SBPLHJW912R/IMG_0216-620x400.jpg Irene Butter Video & Audio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529926428879-Z8X28U46KH3LALQKB6K4/Screen+Shot+2018-06-25+at+7.28.42+AM.png Irene Butter Video & Audio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491099023130-7YJHFSHRPMMVMPX3WK64/neverbystander.jpg Irene Butter Video & Audio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1491098234305-89NUB27Y835IV0NYCFIA/zeituna.jpg Irene Butter Video & Audio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1487642062970-3V4VPX8F24GLUF41V5Q4/BOOK-blog427.jpg Irene Butter Video & Audio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1487642638963-4MIQMBE07WC8SV2R9FSA/Screen+Shot+2017-02-20+at+9.03.04+PM.png Irene Butter Video & Audio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1487642883654-LHZX9BTL00LCKZ6KF0L7/image-asset.png Irene Butter Video & Audio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/9c5e2117-67a6-4957-808a-1ecae4edb417/Screenshot+2025-04-13+at+7.53.21%E2%80%AFPM.png Irene Butter Video & Audio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1487641658836-BMIMATQTOIMG1L5GZX2E/ibutter1986.jpg Irene Butter Video & Audio http://www.irenebutter.com/from-holocaust-to-hope daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1635708253491-3837UP3VPCS9V2P4DHR9/unnamed.jpg Irene Butter's Memoir Book | Free Reading Guides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1635708253491-3837UP3VPCS9V2P4DHR9/unnamed.jpg Irene Butter's Memoir Book | Free Reading Guides http://www.irenebutter.com/book-reviews-praise daily 0.75 2026-10-10 http://www.irenebutter.com/holocaust-memoir-excerpt daily 0.75 2026-10-10 http://www.irenebutter.com/memoir-team daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1516366851499-S1NAUXYA7FUOIGLG9E8L/ib_sm.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1516366671069-OFRFG5XNKARBO2D5BIR2/jdb_sm.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1516366631790-WA7IOPM68G2TBJWBGZTO/khb_sm.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/4d2b8ed5-b028-42c2-90cd-067aef1e7ff6/HannahHensel.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1620953011236-OINQEB9Y3BK8C0DB7QM7/Screen+Shot+2021-05-13+at+8.41.58+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1516366851499-S1NAUXYA7FUOIGLG9E8L/ib_sm.jpg Book Team Irene Butter, Author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1516366671069-OFRFG5XNKARBO2D5BIR2/jdb_sm.jpg Book Team John D. 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She was one of the survivors there to tell their personal stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/f3ea4a45-864f-4a75-aebf-a08ae4f9df72/Screenshot+2024-11-02+at+4.03.48%E2%80%AFPM.png News - Make it stand out Florence, Italy (September 11, 2024) - Co-authors John Bidwell and Kris Holloway find this art graffitied along Lungarno Serristori. Irene is everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/89f776a8-03ca-4a6d-a534-d399a26f99ed/1688672738561.jpg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/2bfdb9e3-15a5-4a7f-98cd-3aafeafcd471/Screen+Shot+2022-08-03+at+11.06.14+AM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/c66be6c4-f1f8-41fd-b246-6c07a8dd7420/Screen+Shot+2022-08-03+at+11.19.20+AM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/034594d7-903c-437e-a4f2-8f3908804455/urn_ard_image_5e0af051d5ec59fd.jpg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/f1822210-aec8-4a95-9714-0709c15fdef4/Screen+Shot+2022-04-24+at+11.39.50+AM.png News - Make it stand out Ann Arbor, MI ( April 14, 2022) - It was a wrap! After two days of interviews with the Dutch television program, Nieuwsuur, Irene will be aired in The Netherlands on the 4th of May Holocaust Remembrance Day. Pictured herewith, Hans Kema, journalist, Irene Butter author of From Holocaust to Hope My True Story, and cameraperson, David Elings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/f97fcead-56ce-492a-a65f-309178ec3924/Screen+Shot+2022-04-11+at+6.16.03+AM.png News - Make it stand out The cover of A BOOK by ME about Irene, author Paige Swain, and illustrator Gracie Krueger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1635708753787-H1EEVITG8M0Q9F91MIZR/Screen+Shot+2021-10-31+at+3.32.10+PM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1631619657054-N47TI9VEV1SRJZD6E94J/Screen+Shot+2021-09-14+at+7.40.21+AM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1622163468534-DQKT3HIROQXRCMOGW0MP/Screen+Shot+2021-05-27+at+8.49.54+PM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1616338580805-0WH14NSV06WYYT0KD12O/gretahawkins.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1614600438156-F0634117STQW4VMFCR9G/image1170x530cropped.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1608477681433-QLV33HZQUB3LGP8ODXBT/Screen+Shot+2020-12-20+at+10.20.57+AM.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1600691389442-ZSYZJXVPDD93APQCJPBM/Screen+Shot+2020-09-21+at+8.27.35+AM.png News Suzanne DeBaun Hopkins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1587261313326-4BYK4NEJBXO8Y83TGDE7/Irenepodcast.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1568644010423-THZ5FWAQ0AHCGE3ICKE3/IMG_2862.JPG News Andrew Solomon and Irene signing books at The Museum of Jewish Heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1568644093072-UHPU2LCGKPTAUD1VC7RB/IMG_3215.jpg News Andrew Solomon interviewing Irene at The Museum of Jewish Heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1560971843896-YQ2KCO9ODMQYQBDH3CDT/IMG_2687.jpg News From the left: Jessica Markowitz, Founder of the Richards Rwanda Abari Collective Club; Irene Butter, Holocaust survivor; Bernadette Mukankusi, Rwandan Genocide survivor; and Michelle Umurungi, translator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1552845780738-FTWD6P6X8YD1RIQBVI6P/CTY-Holocaust14-4.jpg News Irene in Perrysburg, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1551925611862-DPVQUXZIM0YNX8CIXZE8/Screen+Shot+2019-03-06+at+9.26.10+PM.png News Oxford, CT (March 6, 2019) - The D-Day Squadron, Tunison Foundation, announced its official support of the “People of D-Day” resource trunk and its companion website at www.DDay75forstudents.com. A “trunk” is a trove of hands-on materials that connects students with the experiences of those that participated in the world’s largest seaborne invasion, as well as those whose lives were directly impacted by one of the most pivotal moments in history. The People of D-Day trunk will contain From Holocaust to Hope as one of its two anchor books. Read more here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1551095349707-1YZHYA15P247ZA7VIR2M/unnamed.jpg News Ann Arbor, MI (Feb. 18, 2019) - Irene with Girl Scout Troop 45003 after her presentation at the West Side United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1549988417674-DS23086CHOKVM52DI2HZ/IMG_2022.jpg News February 10, 2019: Irene with Bay Area author and film-maker Elizabeth Rynecki, creator of Chasing Portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1544444009220-UZPTY1F0IHXI7V1GDA7F/Screen+Shot+2018-12-10+at+7.09.55+AM.png News Irene signs books after her keynote address at Suffield Academy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1544444088588-KGOL3Z2RK4QOESVFUAAI/IMG_1700.jpg News Co-author John with Irene and John’s cousin Hillary Cahn who works and teaches at Suffield Academy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1543185241509-X4D70IUGKBB6C53GKNR3/IMG_1637-2.jpg News Irene presenting at Washinton Hebrew Congregation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1543185123471-LT5RVA112HZG9DX8ND7W/20181114_125214.jpg News Co-author John, Gretchen Bloom (family friend of Kris’s), Irene, and co-author Kris at the Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1538670437832-6LAI0LUU6T1RWT3PLK5X/great_group_reads_logo_022628.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1538681311540-PI3JKWURGLJIR7FP9Z1B/IMG_9991.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1538681285043-ZMZGZB26CSRG2HW53YYQ/IMG_0006.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1538681297947-LCIQ1H5YGSZ8HNKS0LBX/IMG_0049.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1530529453447-DT9TMATBJ4HJAESQY5W0/Dg8vJOFWAAETXKo.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529890035256-E1P7I0ITBVE3UHMAQFGP/unnamed-1.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529890065971-2LEIKQ0SPD7YPBT4Q7H9/unnamed-5.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529925844352-OGXAICUEJMXH39WACWAR/IMG_0216-620x400.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529887682541-P03WDA1OFMVGLV6RVGCJ/IMG_0992.jpg News Irene presenting at Hampshire Regional High School in Westhampton, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529889185990-IDFR3XRPQ7GEQNK5TXXZ/unnamed.jpg News Irene with Boston Latin School history teacher Cheralyn Pinchem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1526093748338-PYYT7VVZUEJHHEE5ZVED/IMG_0784.jpg News Irene with co-authors John Bidwell and Kris Holloway signing books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1522005623121-UXYUVVSN54PJWAOMFB6E/unnamed-1.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1526093574799-LFK7WCDEON9WB875JW0W/IMG_0789_sm.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1517684697617-7FQ6Y0E1F952KCPJ7C65/IB_Clinton_01.jpg News Irene speaks at Clinton Presidential Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1552848195665-B8RE57POQA0RT8AIWY6C/IMG_3879.jpg News John, Irene, Kris, and Paul Bash at the Clinton Presidential Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/7587dfc2-e6f5-4d68-ad51-a6e0ae234097/Irenes_dates.jpg News - 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After two days of interviews with the Dutch television program, Nieuwsuur, Irene will be aired in The Netherlands on the 4th of May Holocaust Remembrance Day. Pictured herewith, Hans Kema, journalist, Irene Butter author of From Holocaust to Hope My True Story, and cameraperson, David Elings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/f97fcead-56ce-492a-a65f-309178ec3924/Screen+Shot+2022-04-11+at+6.16.03+AM.png News - Make it stand out The cover of A BOOK by ME about Irene, author Paige Swain, and illustrator Gracie Krueger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1635708753787-H1EEVITG8M0Q9F91MIZR/Screen+Shot+2021-10-31+at+3.32.10+PM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1633881949624-ZBPLLE6FZ9FKAY2H8ZND/Screen+Shot+2021-10-10+at+11.47.51+AM.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1633881949688-7WMZKKCKXB303VI01Y3O/Screen+Shot+2021-10-10+at+11.48.05+AM.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1633881950964-IF4HIPL5JQIFK1K978AP/Screen+Shot+2021-10-10+at+11.48.35+AM.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1633881951969-JF222V38CJYBI0M6A5RJ/Screen+Shot+2021-10-10+at+11.49.05+AM.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1631619657054-N47TI9VEV1SRJZD6E94J/Screen+Shot+2021-09-14+at+7.40.21+AM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1622163468534-DQKT3HIROQXRCMOGW0MP/Screen+Shot+2021-05-27+at+8.49.54+PM.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1616338580805-0WH14NSV06WYYT0KD12O/gretahawkins.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1614600438156-F0634117STQW4VMFCR9G/image1170x530cropped.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1608477681433-QLV33HZQUB3LGP8ODXBT/Screen+Shot+2020-12-20+at+10.20.57+AM.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1600691389442-ZSYZJXVPDD93APQCJPBM/Screen+Shot+2020-09-21+at+8.27.35+AM.png News Suzanne DeBaun Hopkins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1587261313326-4BYK4NEJBXO8Y83TGDE7/Irenepodcast.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1574007388349-AJH1SL6HX6RPB6IPFV8A/IMG-0516.JPG News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1574007388418-8R3HK0H51MAJRPG3F3WP/IMG-0517.JPG News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1574007389600-NHOTMFRYGZUHPP58WTJX/IMG-0518.JPG News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1574007389604-ZIC75SDSKGZN5UAU6BGU/IMG-0519.JPG News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1574007390349-HV5PS2R8RFNU2YR26T10/IMG-0520.JPG News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1568644010423-THZ5FWAQ0AHCGE3ICKE3/IMG_2862.JPG News Andrew Solomon and Irene signing books at The Museum of Jewish Heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1568644093072-UHPU2LCGKPTAUD1VC7RB/IMG_3215.jpg News Andrew Solomon interviewing Irene at The Museum of Jewish Heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1560971843896-YQ2KCO9ODMQYQBDH3CDT/IMG_2687.jpg News From the left: Jessica Markowitz, Founder of the Richards Rwanda Abari Collective Club; Irene Butter, Holocaust survivor; Bernadette Mukankusi, Rwandan Genocide survivor; and Michelle Umurungi, translator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1552845780738-FTWD6P6X8YD1RIQBVI6P/CTY-Holocaust14-4.jpg News Irene in Perrysburg, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1551925611862-DPVQUXZIM0YNX8CIXZE8/Screen+Shot+2019-03-06+at+9.26.10+PM.png News Oxford, CT (March 6, 2019) - The D-Day Squadron, Tunison Foundation, announced its official support of the “People of D-Day” resource trunk and its companion website at www.DDay75forstudents.com. A “trunk” is a trove of hands-on materials that connects students with the experiences of those that participated in the world’s largest seaborne invasion, as well as those whose lives were directly impacted by one of the most pivotal moments in history. The People of D-Day trunk will contain From Holocaust to Hope as one of its two anchor books. Read more here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1551095349707-1YZHYA15P247ZA7VIR2M/unnamed.jpg News Ann Arbor, MI (Feb. 18, 2019) - Irene with Girl Scout Troop 45003 after her presentation at the West Side United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1549988417674-DS23086CHOKVM52DI2HZ/IMG_2022.jpg News February 10, 2019: Irene with Bay Area author and film-maker Elizabeth Rynecki, creator of Chasing Portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1544444009220-UZPTY1F0IHXI7V1GDA7F/Screen+Shot+2018-12-10+at+7.09.55+AM.png News Irene signs books after her keynote address at Suffield Academy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1544444088588-KGOL3Z2RK4QOESVFUAAI/IMG_1700.jpg News Co-author John with Irene and John’s cousin Hillary Cahn who works and teaches at Suffield Academy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1543185241509-X4D70IUGKBB6C53GKNR3/IMG_1637-2.jpg News Irene presenting at Washinton Hebrew Congregation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1543185123471-LT5RVA112HZG9DX8ND7W/20181114_125214.jpg News Co-author John, Gretchen Bloom (family friend of Kris’s), Irene, and co-author Kris at the Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1538670437832-6LAI0LUU6T1RWT3PLK5X/great_group_reads_logo_022628.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1538681311540-PI3JKWURGLJIR7FP9Z1B/IMG_9991.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1538681285043-ZMZGZB26CSRG2HW53YYQ/IMG_0006.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1538681297947-LCIQ1H5YGSZ8HNKS0LBX/IMG_0049.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1530529453447-DT9TMATBJ4HJAESQY5W0/Dg8vJOFWAAETXKo.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529890035256-E1P7I0ITBVE3UHMAQFGP/unnamed-1.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529890065971-2LEIKQ0SPD7YPBT4Q7H9/unnamed-5.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529925844352-OGXAICUEJMXH39WACWAR/IMG_0216-620x400.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529887682541-P03WDA1OFMVGLV6RVGCJ/IMG_0992.jpg News Irene presenting at Hampshire Regional High School in Westhampton, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1529889185990-IDFR3XRPQ7GEQNK5TXXZ/unnamed.jpg News Irene with Boston Latin School history teacher Cheralyn Pinchem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1526093748338-PYYT7VVZUEJHHEE5ZVED/IMG_0784.jpg News Irene with co-authors John Bidwell and Kris Holloway signing books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1522005623121-UXYUVVSN54PJWAOMFB6E/unnamed-1.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1526093574799-LFK7WCDEON9WB875JW0W/IMG_0789_sm.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1517684697617-7FQ6Y0E1F952KCPJ7C65/IB_Clinton_01.jpg News Irene speaks at Clinton Presidential Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/1552848195665-B8RE57POQA0RT8AIWY6C/IMG_3879.jpg News John, Irene, Kris, and Paul Bash at the Clinton Presidential Center. http://www.irenebutter.com/foreign-editions daily 0.75 2026-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/db019e3c-35e0-49d1-932e-79fbbbfb7679/516x840.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/c5f517c6-f7a9-420f-8aea-877d4109b58b/41gy1aHUgPL.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/a17080d7-2817-4f63-bdbe-fe6357aec926/Portugal.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/24653605-a31b-4969-8ed0-e7c8724df14b/Screen+Shot+2022-07-18+at+4.51.56+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/47789679-b299-45a9-9ec9-decc34d6b3fd/Screen+Shot+2022-07-18+at+5.07.26+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539393b5e4b0891dc2bdb25c/db019e3c-35e0-49d1-932e-79fbbbfb7679/516x840.jpg Foreign Editions of Irene Butter's Memoir - 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