NEED TO KNOW

Ruth Posner and her husband Michael traveled to Switzerland to end their lives together with assisted suicide

The Polish-born Holocaust survivor let her family and friends know of their decision in a joint email that was sent after their deaths

“So sorry not to have mentioned it, but when you receive this email we will have shuffled off this mortal coil,” the couple wrote

A renowned Holocaust survivor and her husband made the decision to end their lives with assisted suicide, only letting their loved ones know with an email sent out after their deaths.

Ruth Posner was just a child when she survived and escaped the Treblinka concentration camp in Poland with her aunt. She was on the run for three years before settling in the United Kingdom. Later in life she became a succe

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