Hella Moritz

Hella Moritz was born in Saarbrücken, Territory of the Saar Basin, in March 1929. The Saar was then a League of Nations mandate. When it was annexed to Germany in 1935, she moved with her family to Brazil, fleeing the Nazis. There, she initially worked as the head of a Jewish Girl Scout group. From 1965 until 2009, Hella Moritz served as chief secretary to World Jewish Congress Presidents Nahum Goldmann, Philip M. Klutznick, Edgar M. Bronfman and Ronald S. Lauder. She worked for the WJC out of Paris, Geneva and New York.

Hella Moritz was awarded the Nahum Goldmann Medal posthumously in 2011. The medal is awarded by the WJC to distinguished persons for their contribution to universal humanitarian causes and actions benefitting the Jewish people.

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Do you think a political solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians will be achieved in the coming years?

Yes, it will be resolved provided Israel withdraws to the 1967 borders, gives up all its settlements in the West Bank and allows the establishment of a Palestinian state.
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No, this conflict is too entrenched and both sides are unable to make real concessions.
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