Anita dittman biography

Anita Dittman, a Jewish believer since the age of seven, speaks to many churches and groups about her experiences during World War II in Germany.
She was born Anita Dittman in Breslau, Germany, in 1927 to a Christian father and a Jewish mother.
Trapped in Hitler's Hell: A young Jewish girl discovers the Messiah?s faithfulness in the midst of the Holocaust.

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Anita Dittman Rowden Obit

As a teenager during World War II, Anita Rowden narrowly escaped a Nazi work camp, traversed several European countries on foot and finally managed to reunite with her mother, who had just been liberated from a concentration camp. She credited her Christian faith with giving her the strength to continue.
To her family, however, Rowden was simply a caring mother and grandmother who occasionally happened to share her unbelievable story.
"She was just my Nana," said granddaughter Gina Smith of Montrose. "A wonderful, loving, attentive grandma."
Rowden, 93, previously of Ham Lake, died Oct. 13 of natural causes at Comfort Residence in Blaine.
She was born Anita Dittman in Breslau, Germany, in 1927 to a Christian father and a Jewish mother. Her childhood was shaken when her parents split up, forcing her mother, Hilde, to move her and her sister Hella to a small apartment.
According to her daughter, Jeanette Lynch of Apple Valley, Rowden attended a Lutheran elementary school, where her faith took root, and began attending church after the family met a p

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Trapped in a nightmare: Holocaust survivor to speak in Ellendale about experiences

Published 9:00 am Sunday, April 26, 2015

: Anita Dittman was born in 1927 in Breslau, Germany, to a Jewish mother and an Aryan father. She was 5 years old when Adolf Hitler came into power. Shortly after Hitler took control, Dittman’s father forced both her and her mother to leave home in the middle of the night so that he wouldn’t be associated with anyone of Jewish heritage. Dittman was interviewed by the Tribune in April about her experience surviving the Holocaust. - Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series about Holocaust survivor Anita Dittman.

For 13 years, Anita Dittman lived in what she could only describe as hell. Hitler’s hell.

In 1927 in Breslau, Germany, Dittman was born to an Aryan father and a Jewish mother. She said she was about 5 1/2 years old when Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933, and brought along with him his Nazi regime.

According to Dittman, Hitler referred to people of Jewish heritage as germs.

“Hitle

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ANITA DITTMAN

Anita Dittman, a Jewish believer since the age of seven, speaks to many churches and groups about her experiences during World War II in Germany. She resides in Minnesota.

Since my arrival in America in 1946, it has been my dream
and prayer to share with others the glorious miracles the Lord performed during my twelve and a half years of persecution under the Nazi regime. However, in the Lord’s timing, the book did not take shape until sometime in the winter of 1977, after I had reaffirmed my faith in Jesus Christ and renewed my total commitment to Him during one of Billy Graham’s Crusades on TV.

I dedicate this book to the glory of God and with deepest gratitude in memory of my pastor and beloved friend the late Bishop Ernst Hornig of Germany, who through his perfect Christlike example first led me into a living relationship with my Savior when I was twelve.

My sincere appreciation also goes to my dear friend Dr. H. Allan Talley of Hope Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis whose care and concern for me have been a constant source of comfort and encouragement. H