Posted on October 18, 2025
Margot Lobree has earned many titles over her lifetime: wife, mother, world traveler, and, most recently, centenarian.
“It sounds so exotic,” Lobree said. “It’s a blessing to have reached this plateau, and I’m happy to be here.”
Lobree turned 100 on Sept. 25 surrounded by family and loved ones. What makes her story even more amazing is that she was born in Frankfurt, Germany and survived the Holocaust.
“I started out in life in a very comfortable family situation, in a close family with relatives and cousins,” Lobree said. “I was born in 1925. In 1933, Hitler came … From that time, it went from comfortable to poor. Everything was taken away.”
Lobree’s father died of an illness, and her mother made the heartbreaking decision to send her children away to safety. Her brother was sent to what is now Israel, and she was sent to London. Lobree was just 13 years old.