Edith Coliver

Edith Coliver was born in Karlsuhe, Germany in July of 1922. Edith was originally born Edith Simon and her parents’ names were Fritz and Hedwigg. She had two younger brothers named Ernest and Harold. Coliver’s family were a typical Jewish family, although Coliver’s mother was orthodox Jewish and the rest of the family was reformed.

 In 1933, when Edith was ten, Hitler officially took over Germany. This caused a lot of changes in daily life for Edith and when Edith was a teenager she was not allowed to go to school anymore because of her Jewish heritage. Her family was moved  to the United States to New York where Coliver witnessed a demonstration of American protest against Hitler and the Communist movement. After New York her family settled down in San Francisco where Coliver attended high school and went to colleges. The reason Edith survived was because her family was able to get out of Europe to the United States before the killing started. Her consequence of surviving was to come back and participate in the trials held for the Germans. It was not easy for her, however, she felt it was necessary. Despite these challenges Edith developed a great career in translating and diplomacy for the United Nations. The next major event in Edith’s life was she wanted to be a part of the Nuremberg Trials. She was hired as a translator and was immediately sent to Europe. There she encountered many of the top German officials in Hitler’s regime. She also visited the displaced person’s camps. later she got married and had two kids.

quotes:

"i want to be part of the Nuremberg Trails”

"Hitler came to power and all of the boycots against Jewish businesses.''