Irena Veisaite, a Holocaust survivor, dedicated her life to human rights
Veisaite, who against the odds became a scholar of literature, theater, and the Holocaust, as well as a human rights activist, died on December 11 of COVID-19.
Irena Veisaite died of COVID-19 on Dec. 11, 2020.(photo credit: KRZYSZTOF CZYZEWSKI/BORDERLAND FOUNDATION)ByPENNY SCHWART/ JTA