Lea Gleitman

Lea Gleitman, née Posner (27 November 1924 — 27 June 2024) was a Swedish Holocaust survivor.

Biography Gleitman was born in Oświęcim to father Jonasz Chaim Posner, a fabric merchant and Szprinca Ernst Posner, a housewife. She had an older brother—Jehuda Zeev Wowek Posner, older sister—Miriam, and a younger sister—Berta Balcia. In 1932, her family moved to Sosnowiec to be closer to Chorzów where her father's store was located. Gleitman attended a Jewish school in Sosnowiec during this time. In 1932, Jonasz fled to Ostrów, near Lvov (now part of Ukraine). He was killed there during a German invasion in June of 1941. In December 1944, she was forced on a death march and then placed in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

On 15 April 1945, Gleitman was liberated by British troops from the concentration camp. Gleitman contacted her uncle, Moshe Posner, located in Copenhagen, who arranged for Swedish visas. When she learned that her sister Miriam was still alive, she traveled to pick up her sister in Poland, and together they then continued on to Sweden. On May 6, 1946 the sisters arrived in Malmo.