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WITTENBERG

Basia Wittenberg, 95, of Columbia, died  Sept. 6. She was the widow of Benjamin Wittenberg. Born in Vilna, Poland, she was the daughter of Morris and Esther (Aswarcz) Berlin. She was a survivor of the Vilna Ghetto, Estonia and Stutthoff concentration camps during World War II. She met her husband Benjamin, after the war and they were married in Germany in a displaced persons camp. They came to the United States and with the help of friends, bought a farm and settled in Columbia, where they would live and raise their family. She is survived by her children, Gene Wittenberg and his wife Fran of West Hartford, and Edie Perew and her husband Sidney of West Hartford; her grandchildren, Scott Wittenberg and his wife Daniella of New Jersey, Eric Wittenberg and his wife Orit of Israel, Elana Barer and her husband Chaim of New York, Joshua Perew and his fiancé Deanna Held of New Jersey, and Dov Perew of Maryland; seven great-grandchildren; a nephew, and several nieces and cousins. Burial took place at the Jewish Congregation of Lebanon, Gillette Lane, Colchester. Donations in her memory may be made to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, CA.

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