Holocaust survivor, 96, was coerced into Swiss clinic suicide by ‘dominant’ husband who she was ‘totally reliant’ on, friend says

A Holocaust victim and actress, who died next to her ‘dominant’ husband was forced to end her life in the Swiss clinic, a friend of the British couple claimed.

Ruth Posner’s family and friends 96 and 97 -year -old husband Michael, who lives in Belsize Park in the north of London, was informed about the intentions of the couple at the beginning of this week.

None of the couple had fatal illness, but they decided that they did not want to be separate after marriage for about 75 years.

In the message sent to their loved ones on Tuesday, the Jewish New Year, the couple said that the decision to end their lives in Pegasos, the assisted death clinic near Basel, was ‘without mutual and external pressure’.

However, playwright and theater director, Julia Pascal, described the couple’s close friend as ’emotionally controlling Mr. Posner’ and believes that his wife -born wife, who was born in Poland, went with the plan because he ‘completely trusts him’.

While talking TimesThe 75-year-old couple said that the Swiss clinic in the last two years has clearly discussed the possibility of ending their lives and sent an e-mail. The couple begs not to kill themselves.

He said: ‘I tried to talk from Ruth, but I felt that he was going too far, completely under his control.’

As for his last messages, Pascal said: ‘Ruth sent E -Post, but I believe Michael will dictate him.’

Julia Pascal, a close friend of the couple, said he believed that he was forced to end by Ruth Posner’s ‘dominant’ husband Michael, who died next to him.

Mr. Posner is described by Pascal as ’emotionally controlled’ and believes that his wife, born in Poland, is going with the plan because ‘completely trusts him’

Pascal added that he is He ‘completely trusts his husband for everything from cooking to paying bills and believes that his decision to end his lives is not’ his own ‘.

Pascal would say, “It was all my decision,” but he really was doing it for him, Pascal Pascal said.

Mrs Posner was a Jewish child who escaped from Holocaust who escaped from his aunt with his aunt during the Second World War.

He lived in the rest of the war by adopting a false identity and acting like a young Polish Catholic girl named Irena Slabowska.

The rest of his family was tragically killed in Treblinka Destruction Camp.

When he arrived in England, Mrs Posner did not speak any English, but he started his education as a dancer and enrolled in London Contemporary Dance Theater.

Later, he began to read theater arts at Hunter College in New York before he won membership in Royal Shakespeare Company.

Holocaost survived, he continued to be the star of both film and TV worlds and was appreciated for the role of Pig Farmer Leon and Love Hurts.

In addition to Ruth Posner, who starred in Leon Leon, Pig Farmer scored Love Hurts, Casualty and Ruth Rendell among other TV shows.

He also took part in the small screen of the wounded, Ruth Rendell mysteries and a number of other best shows.

Ms. Posner has moved for 80 years and recently played the Polish Princess Katya in the BBC comedy series Count Arthur.

In 1950, he married his British husband Michael, who was a chemist for Unilever and UNICEF.

Pascal first met in 1990, Mrs. Posner continued to appear in a series of games. This included Theresa, a game based on the real life story of a Jewish woman living in Guernsey, who was deported to Auschwitz during the Nazi occupation of the island.

Pascal, Mrs Posner’s experience during the Holocaust was the first person to open his experience and encouraged his friend to tell others.

Miss Posner listened to this advice and became a leading speaker. In 2022, he was awarded the British Empire Medal Award for Holocaust training.

When he and his husband died at the age of 37 during his son Jeremy heroin’s addiction, his son died in the subsequent life.

When he arrived at England at the age of 16, Mrs Posner did not speak English, but soon he started his education as a dancer before he started acting.

Ms. Posner was depicted as a young girl with her father. He escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto and posed as a Catholic School student for the rest of the Second World War

The couple survived by their grandchildren Zac.

In the full message sent to his friends and their families, the couple wrote: ‘I am very sorry not to mention this, but when you get this e -mail, “We confused this fatal coil”.

Decision without mutual and external pressure. We’ve been living a long life for about 75 years.

‘Failed senses, vision and hearing and energy lack of energy, but no care will develop.

“ “ We had an interesting and various life and our son Jeremy’yi except the sadness. Together we enjoyed our time, we tried not to regret the past, to live today and not to expect too much from the future.

‘I love Ruth and Mike.’

Following the news about his deaths, Sonja Linden, an artistic director and playwright who has been friends with couple for 30 years, told Times: ‘We didn’t really know they were going until I got the mail, which is sad as we wanted to say goodbye.

‘They had a beautiful apartments full of arts and books, and I can’t imagine that they weren’t there.’

Ms. Posner’s husband, macular degeneration and bad hearing suffered ‘weak’ he said.

In 2013, MS Posner took part in Rory Kinnear and TV show Count Arthur Strong

Working with Mrs. Posner in the 2014 Holocaust, Mrs. Linden insisted that the couple remained ‘very good’ intellectual ‘and did not have a serious illness.

A few joint organizations paid double tribute.

Karen Pollock CBE, Chairman of the Holocaust Education Foundation, said: ‘Ruth was an extraordinary woman. Radom escaped from life, slave labor and hiding under a false identity.

At the end of the war, Ruth and his aunt was the only surviving member of his family.

‘After a dazzling career in the theater and dance, Ruth decided to share his testimony as a response to the rising levels of anti -Semitism in the UK. Although he was in his eighties at that time, he tasked with as many young people as possible about his experiences during Holocaost.

‘He hoped the leaders of tomorrow would learn the lessons of the past. Ruth was a species. He left an impression on everyone he met, full of charisma and warmth. We’il miss him. ‘

On Thursday, the campaign against the Declaration of Antisemitism said: ‘Holocaust victim and educator and husband Michael Michael’s heart was broken to learn how to pass Ruth Posner Bem.

Thank you Ruth. You were an inspiration and shining example of how to use one’s voice in this world. You will be very missed. May their memories be a blessing. ‘

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