| Mayer Hersh | |
| Birth Name: | Herszkowicz |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Sieradz, Poland |
| Death Place: | Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Known For: | Auschwitz concentration camp survivor |
| Father: | Isaac Herszkowicz |
| Mother: | Riwka Szczukowska |
Mayer Hersh MBE (31 August 1926 - 8 October 2016) was a Polish Jew who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp.[1] Born in Sieradz to a family of six siblings, only Mayer and his brother Jakob survived.[2] [3] his father, mother and three other siblings were murdered in Chełmno extermination camp.
After World War II, Hersh lived in Manchester, England.[4] He was awarded an MBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to Holocaust education.[5] [6]
Mayer died on 8 October 2016, at the age of 90.