Soni Razdan Reveals Her Mother Had To Flee Nazi Germany 

MUMBAI-Actress Soni Razdan paid an emotional tribute to her 97-year-old mother, Gertrude Hoelzer, recalling her extraordinary journey of escaping Nazi Germany as a six-year-old. She also shared a rare photograph featuring four generations of women from her family, including her mother, herself, daughter and actress Alia Bhatt, and granddaughter Raha.

Soni posted, “My mother escaped Nazi Germany when she was just 6 years old. Although German and not Jewish, they had to run because my grandfather was a brave man and went openly against Hitler.”

Recalling her mother’s hardships, Soni said, “After a few years in Czechoslovakia, enduring many a hardship, she and her family landed up in the UK, escaping on a Jewish kinder transport train. The trials she faced were many. Then she met and married NN Razdan and finally started a new life in India.”

She concluded, “Alpha women exist in many different ways. They’re all around us. But ultimately, I think all our mothers and grandmothers are Alpha women.”

Gertrude Hoelzer was born in Germany and later settled in India after marrying Razdan, a Kashmiri Pandit.

The post has been timed before the July 3 release of Alia Bhatt’s action thriller ‘Alpha’. (IANS)