AN East Renfrewshire woman whose place in history was assured when she became Scotland’s last Holocaust survivor has left a £500,000 legacy to the University of Strathclyde.

Judith Rosenberg, who died in January at the age of 98, was described by the university as "a great friend and supporter."

The funds left in her will are to be used to create a new position – the Harold and Judith Rosenberg Chair in Quantum Technology – and the Harold and Judith Rosenberg Quantum Technology Laboratories.

Born in Hungary in 1922, Judith was deported with her family to Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, in occupied Poland, in 1944.

She was liberated in 1945, along with her mother and sister, by American soldiers.

After being rescued, Judith worked as a translator at British military headquarters in Germany, where she met and married Scottish army officer Harold Rosenberg in 1946.

The couple moved to Glasgow that same year and she opened a children’s clothes shop in St George’s Cross before settling in Giffnock.

For 50 years, Judith volunteered with Jewish Care Scotland, helping vulnerable members of the Jewish community.

She was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Glasgow’s Western Necropolis, next to her beloved Harold, who died in 2005.

Professor Sir Jim McDonald, principal and vice-chancellor of the university, said: "I always found my meetings with Judith both inspiring and enjoyable. Her unstinting interest in science and engineering was a consistent topic for our conversations.

"She was immensely interested in our research activities and achievements at Strathclyde and had expressed her desire to support the advancement of science and technology through this substantial legacy gift."

The new position created in Judith's honour will be funded for an initial period of five years but the university expects it to become self-sustaining in the long term.

Professor Paul McKenna, head of the university's department of physics, said: "Judith Rosenberg's bequest is extremely generous and will help us to advance quantum technology research and understanding at Strathclyde.

"The new chair in quantum technology will have an impact on our department and university for many years to come, which will be a fitting and lasting legacy to a truly remarkable woman and her beloved husband."