Henri Landwirth
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- Hotelier
- philanthropist
- Founder of Give Kids the World
- Holocaust survivor
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.jpg) Landwirth in 1989 | |
| Born | March 7, 1927 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | April 16, 2018 (aged 91) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
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| Children | 3 |
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.
Landwirth was born into a Jewish family in Antwerp, in northern Belgium, in 1927.[1][2] His father was a diamond-cutter. During World War II, Henri and his family were separated and were prisoners in the Nazi labor camps. Henri spent the years between ages 13 and 18 in Nazi camps, including Auschwitz and Mauthausen. Both of his parents, Max and Fanny, were killed in the camps, but Henri and his twin sister, Margot, survived. After the war, Landwirth made his way to the United States.[1][2][3]
In 1950, Landwirth was drafted during the Korean War, and used the G.I. Bill to take a course in hotel management while working the night desk at Manhattan's Wellington Hotel.
