Vera Schiff

The late Vera Schiff was a Holocaust survivor, educator and award winning author. In 2012 she received an honorary doctorate of Letters from the University of New Brunswick for her contributions to the field. In 2020 she was awarded the Order of Canada for her illustrious career as an author, historian and public speaker who was nationally recognized for sharing her moving experiences of the Holocaust. Cheryl A. Fury is a history professor at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John) in...See more

The late Vera Schiff was a Holocaust survivor, educator and award winning author. In 2012 she received an honorary doctorate of Letters from the University of New Brunswick for her contributions to the field. In 2020 she was awarded the Order of Canada for her illustrious career as an author, historian and public speaker who was nationally recognized for sharing her moving experiences of the Holocaust. Cheryl A. Fury is a history professor at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John) in Canada. She has authored and edited a number of works on the social history of English seafarers. See less