Autor/-in: Lauren Leiderman

Lauren Leiderman is an American who has lived in Germany since 2014. Lauren is a certified ESL teacher as well as an amateur historian on the side with a particular interest in Jewish history. Through her work, Lauren has connected more than seventy descendants and survivors of the pre-WW2 Jewish community of Görlitz with each other. She is the administrator of the Stolperstein Guide Görlitz/Zgorzelec, and continues her work to bring more Stolpersteine and personal histories to Görlitz and beyond. In her other life, Lauren was a professional opera singer, having performed in many opera houses across the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Opera Performance from the Boston Conservatory of Music.