Ex-homeless woman leaves $150,000 to Hebrew University

Ex-homeless woman leaves $150,000 to Hebrew University
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Woman died two years ago; estate's executor asks that she remain anonymous

Holocaust survivor lived on New York streets until accountant befriended her

University spokesman: "This was a special story and a special gift"



(CNN) -- A Jewish Holocaust survivor who later lived on the streets of New York City has left half of her $300,000 estate to Hebrew University, the school said Monday.

"It moved us very much," university spokesman Yefet Ozery said in a telephone interview from Jerusalem, where the school is based.

"Hebrew University has many, many donors and benefactors and supporters and many people remember us in their will, but I haven't come across such a person that lived actually as a poor woman who would give half of her bequest to Hebrew University," Ozery said.

The woman, who died two years ago in her 90s, has not been identified publicly at the request of her estate's executor, he said.

"He didn't want her name to be remembered as a homeless" person, Ozery said.

The woman, who had no known relatives, survived a concentration camp and was living on the streets of New York's Upper West Side several years ago when a Jewish accountant befriended her, Ozery said.
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Ex-homeless woman leaves $150,000 to Hebrew University