Goldi Steiner

Goldi Steiner, aka Giselle Goldi Steiner, was born in Hungary at the start of WWII. A child survivor, she landed in Canada in 1953. Steiner was the catalyst in building the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, following which she joined its executive as secretary for 19 years. In 1996 she founded and chaired the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Committee, commissioning the building of the monument erected at Toronto’s Earl Bales Park. Presently, Steiner is involved in Israeli advocacy as co-founder (together with the late Salomon Benzimra) and chair of Canadians for Israel’s Legal Rights.