Zigi Shipper was a survivor of the Holocaust.
Shipper was forced into the Lodz ghetto along with his grandparents by the Nazis at age 10.
In 1944, when the Ghetto was liquidated, Shipper and his grandmother were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Shipper was then moved to Stutthof concentration camp before being sent on a death march in 1945. He was liberated by British troops on May 3, 1945, and arrived in the UK in 1947.
Shipper spent over two decades sharing his testimony in schools across the country.
Zigi Shipper was awarded a British Empire Medal for his work with the HET in 2016.
In 2017, he accompanied the Prince and Princess of Wales on a royal visit to Stutthof, where he was able to meet his lifelong friend and fellow prisoner, Manfred Goldberg.
In 2022, King Charles commissioned a portrait of Zigi, which hangs in Buckingham Palace alongside six other holocaust survivors.
Zigi Shipper died on January 18, 2023 in United Kingdom at age 93.
Holocaust Survivor Zigi Shipper Wife: Was Zigi Shipper Married?
Yes, Zigi Shipper was married.
Zigi Shipper was married to Jeanette Shipper, whom he met in London in 1949. Jeanette, passed away in 2020.