Thea Altaras (1924 – 2004) was a Croatian-German architect who was known for her research and publications on Jewish monuments in Hesse, Germany.

[1][2] During World War II Altaras was imprisoned with her mother and sister Jelka, at the Rab concentration camp.

In 1964 her husband was forced to leave Zagreb for Zurich, Switzerland under League of Communists of Croatia persecution.

In 1989 she received the honorary doctorate at the University of Giessen in recognition for her research on Judaism in Hesse.

She received worldwide attention due to her research and publications about the fate of the destroyed Jewish community in Hesse from 1933 to 1945.