Henri Landwirth

Henri Landwirth (March 7, 1927 – April 16, 2018) was a hotelier, philanthropist, and a Holocaust survivor. He was the founder of Give Kids The World and Dignity U Wear.

Early life Landwirth was born into a Jewish family in Antwerp, in northern Belgium, in 1927.

In the 1980s Landwirth started offering free hotel rooms to terminally ill children for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. After a child died before travel arrangements could be made, he made a “vow that no child in need would ever be failed again,” and in 1986, Landwirth founded Give Kids The World, a nonprofit resort that provides vacations to children with critical illnesses and their families.

Death Landwirth died on April 16, 2018, at the age of 91. He is survived by his three children and four grandchildren.