Suzanne Berliner Weiss (born 1941) is a Jewish-Canadian author, Holocaust survivor, and socialist activist. Born in Nazi-occupied Paris to Polish Jewish immigrant parents who were subsequently murdered in Auschwitz, she survived the war as a hidden child sheltered by French peasant families and network resisters. She emigrated to the United States in 1950 and later moved to Canada, where she became active in labor, civil rights, feminist, and anti-war movements.
Weiss documented her early life and decades of political organizing in her memoir, Holocaust to Resistance: My Journey (2019). Throughout her career as a printer, social worker, and political organizer, she was affiliated with socialist organizations including the League for Socialist Action and the Socialist Workers Party. She is an active member of Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV), an organization advocating for Palestinian rights and opposing Israeli occupation policies.
Utilizing her background as a Holocaust survivor, Weiss has frequently spoken at public demonstrations and international forums regarding Middle Eastern policy. In July 2025, she published the essay “Israel’s Crimes and Jewish People – A Clarification,” addressing the political distinctions between Jewish religious identity and Israeli state policy.
During public demonstrations and addresses, Weiss has repeatedly emphasized universalist lessons from the Holocaust. In a November 2023 address commenting on the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, she stated: “Death chambers and ovens have been replaced in Gaza with tons of bombs… Gaza has become a death camp.“ She added: “Conflating Zionism and Judaism is an unforgiveable crime to the Jewish people, to the Palestinians and to humanity,” maintaining that the vow “Never again!” must be applied universally to protect all human rights.