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Thursday, November 2nd
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9:00AM
Peel District School Board
H.J.A. Brown Education Centre
5650 Hurontario Street, Mississauga
Contact: 905-890-1010 x2853
INCREASING AWARENESS
ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST
The Peel District School Board will present a panel
discussion focused on the role education plays in
increasing awareness about the Holocaust.The panel
will include Holocaust survivors who will share
their experiences, a teacher who has successfully
and actively engaged students in learning about
the Holocaust and two students who will share how
their increased awareness has shaped who they are
and how they respond to the issue of genocide. This
discussion will be broadcast live to all secondary
schools in the Peel District School Board and participating
students will be invited to ask questions.
Survivor ELLY GOTZ, born in Kovno, Lithuania,
spent his teenage years in concentration camps and
eventually in Dachau, where he was liberated in
1945 by U.S. troops. Later he was reunited with
his parents. Elly came to Canada in 1964 and
is now a volunteer speaker and educator at the
UJA Federation Holocaust Centre of Toronto.
HELEN SCHWARTZ was born in Bialystok, Poland.
After surviving the Bialystok Ghetto, she was later
deported to Majdanek, then to the Blishjen slave
labour camp, to Auschwitz-Birkenau and finally
to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Liberated
on April 15, 1945 by the British Army, she came to
Canada in 1948.
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10:00AM
North York Public Library
5120 Yonge Street, Toronto
Contact: 416-395-5784
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
ROMAN ZIEGLER was born in Dombrowa, Poland. He
spent 31 months in four slave labour and concentration
camps. The youngest of eight children, he is the sole
survivor of his family. Liberated on May 8, 1945 by the
Soviet Army, he came to Canada in 1948 and married in
1958. He is the author of Voice From the Heart. A question
and answer period will follow.
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1:00PM
Cineplex Entertainment LP
Sheppard Grande Theatre
4861 Yonge Street, Toronto
Contact: 416-590-9397
FATELESS (FILM)
This award-winning movie is based on Nobel Prizewinner
Imre Kertesz's novel. Set in 1944, it is a semiautobiographical
tale of a 14-year-old Jewish boy from
Budapest who finds himself swept up by cataclysmic
events beyond his comprehension during and after the
Nazi occupation of Hungary. His father is taken by the
Nazis and he himself is deported to a series of distant
concentration camps where survival becomes a daily
goal. When he finally returns home after Liberation, he
misses the sense of community experienced in the
camps. He feels alienated from both his Christian
neighbours who turned a blind eye to his fate, and the
Jewish family and friends who avoided deportation
and want to put the War behind them. Hungarian
and German with subtitles. Free, but pre-registration required.
Please contact Sherri by e-mail at srotstein@ujafed.org or
call 416-398-6931 x359 to reserve.
Generously co-sponsored by Judy & Eric Breuer, in memory of
Hungarian Jews murdered in the Holocaust. With the generous
support of ThinkFilms & Thornley Fallis Communications.
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1:30PM
York Woods Library
Theatre Lobby
1785 Finch Avenue West, Toronto
Contact: 416-395-0724
HANA'S SUITCASE (FILM)
In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at the Children's
Holocaust Education Centre in Tokyo, Japan. On the
outside, in white paint, were the words: Hana Brady,
May 16, 1931, Waisenkind. Japanese students were full of
questions: Who was Hana? What sort of girl was she?
What happened to her? A screening of Hana's Suitcase
will be followed by a discussion with Holocaust
survivor JERRY KAPELUS. Born in Lodz, Poland in
1929, Jerry and his parents and two siblings were
driven from their home to the Lodz Ghetto in 1939.
The family was transferred to Auschwitz-Birkenau
in 1944 and, except for Jerry, were all murdered.
He became a slave labourer on a farm run by the SS
and in 1945 was on a death march to the Buchenwald
concentration camp. He was liberated by the U.S. Army
on April 11, 1945 and, along with many of the orphans
from Buchenwald, was sent to an orphanage in Paris.
Jerry moved to Canada in the early 1950s. Register in
person or call 416-395-5980.
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1:30PM
Thornhill Community Public Library
7755 Bayview Avenue, Thornhill
Contact: 905-513-7977 x2182
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Child survivor CLAIRE BAUM was born in 1936 in
Rotterdam, Holland. She and her younger sister
survived in hiding from 1942-1945 with a Dutch
Christian family who brought them up as Christians.
At the end of World War II, the young sisters were
reunited with their parents. Claire credits her survival
not only to this family but to the courage and heroism
of her parents and the members of the Resistance.
A question and answer period will follow.
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Saturday, November 4th
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8:00PM
Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
Runnymede United Church
432 Runnymede Road, Toronto
Contact: 416-385-3910
UPRISING
DONNA GREENBERG narrates excerpts from her ballet
performed by the BALLET ESPRESSIVO, under
her artistic direction. Uprising dramatizes the events of
the last days of the Warsaw Ghetto, the largest of the
ghettos created by the Nazis. One of the Ghetto's most
inspiring stories, which only a few survived to tell, is
that of the Jewish Fighting Organization. This determined
band of young resistance fighters refused to succumb
peacefully to the terrible future they foresaw.
Armed only with honour and smuggled and homemade
weapons, they were prepared to fight to the
death. They waged their last battle against the Nazis
for 28 days, which began on Passover, April 19, 1943.
In poignant dances and narration, Uprising dramatizes
their fighting spirit and commemorates their devotion,
courage and justice.
No charge, but an RSVP by phone or
email to info@oraynu.org or office@runnymedeunited.org
would be appreciated. (West side of Runnymede, 2 blks north
of Bloor St. Parking at Runnymede Public School. Runnymede
subway stop on the Bloor line is between Keele & Jane).
Co-sponsored by Runnymede United Church.
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Sunday, November 5th
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10:00AM
Temple Emanu-El
120 Old Colony Road, Toronto
Contact: 416-449-3880
THROUGH THE EYES OF STUDENTS: A REFLECTION ON THE MARCH OF THE LIVING
The March of the Living teaches about the horrors of
the Holocaust. It has influenced thousands of Jewish
high school students from all over the world who are
now, in turn, teaching this lesson to the next generation.
The participants first visit Poland, where they witness
the sites of Hitler's "Final Solution to the Jewish
Problem," then travel to Israel where they experience
entirely different emotions. Two recent March participants,
JENNIFER GREEN and MIRA PINKUS will
share their personal experiences and explain how this
life-altering trip has impacted their lives. Both girls
went on the March of the Living with their grandfather,
Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger, an educator at the
UJA Federation Holocaust Centre of Toronto and a
member of Temple Emanu-El. A question and answer
period will follow.
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 1:00PM
Beit Rayim Synagogue
Richmond Hill United Church
10201 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill
Contact: 905-770-7639
THE JOURNEY THAT
SAVED CURIOUS GEORGE
Author LOUISE BORDEN will explore the remarkable
story of how Hans and Margret Rey, Germanborn
Jewish artists escaped Paris in 1940 as Hitler's
tanks rolled in and how their experiences are reflected
in some of the internationally-renowned Curious George
books they wrote.
View the 4:30PM program for more
information.
Co-sponsored by the Richmond Hill United Church.
 
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 4:30PM
Beth Sholom Synagogue
1445 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto
Contact: 416-922-5959
THE JOURNEY THAT
SAVED CURIOUS GEORGE
At the start of World War II,
Margret and Hans Rey were
German-born Jewish artists living
in France. As Hitler's tanks rolled
into Paris in 1940, the Reys escaped
on bicycles. In one bicycle basket
were the Reys' drawings and
story of a mischievous little
monkey with the French name Fifi. Author
LOUISE BORDEN had been intrigued for many
years by the story of Margret and Hans Rey's flight
from Paris which ended in New York where Fifi
became Curious George. Others in the children's
book field had known about this escape from the
Nazi invasion, but no one seemed to know the
details of those harrowing days. Ms. Borden wanted
to know more; she wanted real images and began
her own journey of research. Her book, The Journey
That Saved Curious George, introduces readers, especially
elementary and middle school students, to
World War II.
Her text captures the tension in Paris
in 1940 and the urgency to escape, the uprooting of
lives, and the difficulty
of leaving a place you
love. At the same time,
this story is about
the creative process -
the inspiration, joy, and
constant work that
went into creating the
curious, lovable monkey.
Generously co-sponsored
by Elizabeth Frank, in memory of Andrew Frank.
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Monday, November 6th
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1:00PM
Location:Angus Glen Public Library
3990 Major Mackenzie Drive E., Markham
Contact: 905-513-7977 x7133
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Holocaust survivor HENRY MELNICK was born in
Lodz, Poland. Shortly after the Nazis occupied Poland
in 1939, he was sent to do slave labour in the
Nowysancz, Tarnow and Szebnie ghettos. He was then
transferred to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Dora-Mittelbau
and Bergen-Belsen death camps. When his parents
were murdered in the Belzec death camp, he became
the sole survivor of his entire family. After Liberation,
Henry volunteered for the Israeli Army and fought for
Israel’s independence. He came to Canada in 1965 with
his wife Hela and their two children.
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1:30PM
Northern District Public Library
5120 Yonge Street, Toronto
Contact: 416-393-7619
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
MAGDA HILF was born in Czechoslovakia in 1921.
After the Nazi occupation in 1944, her family was
driven to the nearby ghetto in Sátoraljaújhely,
Hungary. She was then deported to Auschwitz-
Birkenau in 1944, where her parents and sister
were immediately gassed. Her sister’s two children, a
10-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son, were also
murdered upon their arrival. Magda’s 18-year-old
brother, Tibor, survived the initial selection but was
later killed. From Auschwitz, Magda was taken to
Markleberg, close to Leipzig, for slave labour. On April
13, 1945, she was forced onto a death march but
managed to escape with four friends. One month later
they were liberated by the Soviet Red Army. Magda
immigrated to Canada with her husband and daughter
in 1953. A question and answer period will follow.
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1:30PM
Woodbridge Library
150 Woodbridge Avenue, Woodbridge
Contact: 905-653-7323
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Holocaust survivor ARNOLD FRIEDMAN, born in
Chudlovo, Czechoslovakia in 1928, was deported to
Auschwitz in the spring of 1944. His mother, father,
younger brothers and sisters were all murdered in
Birkenau. In January 1945 Arnold survived a death
march to Gross Rosen and the Dachau camps. He was
liberated on May 4, 1945 by the U.S. Army near
Garmish-Partenkirchen. As a war orphan in 1946, he
immigrated to Scotland and then was brought to
Canada by the Canadian Jewish Congress in November
1947. A question and answer period will follow.
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Tuesday, November 7th
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10:00AM
B'nai Brith Canada
15 Hove Street, Toronto
Contact: 416-633-6224
CHILDREN OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT
SUSY GOLDSTEIN and WENDY SHARE will talk
about their father's life as a child growing up in
Germany and his escape from the Nazis as one of the
children of the Kindertransport. In January 1939, his parents
sent him and his brother, then just 9 and 13 years old,
on a train departing Germany. Like the majority of the
10,000 children saved by this rescue effort, they never
saw their parents again. The Kindertransport was an act of
mercy not equalled anywhere else before the War.
Co-sponsored by Carole and Jay Sterling, in memory of Ralph
Danker.
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1:30PM
Deer Park Library
40 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto
Contact: 416-393-7658
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
GEORGE BERMAN was born in Poland in 1923.
He and his family lived in the Lodz Ghetto between
1940-1944, and were then transferred to Auschwitz-
Birkenau, where he lost both his parents. Two weeks
later, he was transferred to Gorlitz, a camp in German
Silesia, from which he escaped on May 4, 1945, just
one day before the War ended. He returned to Lodz
briefly before immigrating to Cardiff, Wales, where he
met his future wife. George and his family have been
living in Canada since 1956.
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Wednesday, November 8th
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10:00AM
Milliken Mills Community Library
7600 Kennedy Road, No.1, Unionville
Contact: 905-513-7977 x5344
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
ALEX LEVIN was born in 1932 in the small town of
Rokitno, (Volin) Poland. He survived the Rokitno
Ghetto’s massacre, during which his parents and
younger brother were murdered. He managed to
escape with his other brother into the forest where they
lived in a cave for over one year. He was liberated by
the Soviet Red Army in 1944. In 1975, Alex made his
way to Canada via Vienna and Rome. A question and
answer period will follow.
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10:00AM
Maple High School
50 Springside Road, Maple
Contact: 905-417-9444
CONTINUING THE LEGACY: THE MARCH OF THE LIVING FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
March of the Living is a trip that has educated
thousands of Jewish high school students about the
horrors of the Holocaust. In May 2005, 18,000
politicians, teachers, students, Holocaust survivors,
Jews and non-Jews, gathered in Poland for a special
March of the Living to mark the 60th anniversary
of the end of World War II. It was a symbolic,
emotional, and historic journey that was lifechanging
for many. Canadian politicians from
across the country were part of that group. Their
experiences are documented in A-Channel’s awardwinning
documentary March of the Living. After
screening the documentary, A-Channel reporter
NAOMI PARNESS, joined by Vaughan’s MAYOR
MICHAEL DI BIASE and Holocaust survivor
MAX EISEN, will speak to students at Maple High
School about their personal experiences on the trip.
Max Eisen was born in Moldava, Czechoslovakia.
He and his family were deported to Auschwitz-
Birkenau in 1944 where he worked as a slave
labourer with his father and uncle. Max survived a
death march to Mauthausen, Melk and Ebensee
and was liberated on May 6, 1945. After spending
three years in an orphanage, he arrived in Canada
in 1949. Max is the recipient of the 2004
Humanitarian Award from the Friends of Simon
Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.
Mayor Michael Di Biase graduated with a Bachelor
of Arts degree from York University and a Bachelor
of Education from the University of Toronto. He has
been in municipal politics for over 20 years and has
been the Mayor of Vaughan since 2002. Prior to
becoming involved in politics, Mayor Di Biase was
a secondary school teacher for 16 years.
Naomi Parness is a graduate of Ryerson’s Radio and
Television Arts program, and has had experience
working at WCBS and NY1 in New York, and
was an anchor and reporter at CHEX-TV in
Peterborough. Her documentary, March of the Living,
has won three awards, including a regional Edward
R. Murrow Award.
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10:30AM
Mount Pleasant Library
599 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto
Contact: 416-393-7736
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Born in Zaleszczyki, Poland in 1922, SALLY EISNER
and her entire family were transferred to the ghetto,
then to slave labour camps. When her parents were
murdered, Sally went into hiding with her younger
brother, travelling from place to place, constantly in
great danger. They were liberated in 1944 by the Soviet
Red Army. A question and answer period will follow.
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11:00AM
People's Christian Academy
374 Sheppard Ave. East, Toronto
Contact: 416-222-3341 x105
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Holocaust survivor MARTIN MAXWELLborn in
Vienna in 1924, witnessed the Kristallnacht pogrom in
Vienna in 1938. He escaped to England on the
Kindertransport and was adopted by an English couple.
He later joined the British Army in 1942 and took part
in the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
When he fought in the battle of Arnhem, Holland, he
was wounded and taken prisoner. Liberated in May
1945, he came to Canada in 1952. Martin took part in
the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Liberation of
Holland. A question and answer period will follow.
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1:00PM
Ansley Grove Public Library
350 Ansley Grove Road, Vaughan
Contact: 905-856-6551
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
FANNY PILLERSDORF, born in Bendzin, Poland, survived
seven camps: Ortmunt, Blechamer, Klein
Mangelsdorf, Wizau, Gross Rosen, Gross Maslowich
and Cillertal. Toward the end of the War, she managed
to escape and was hidden by a farmer. She is the sole
survivor of her family, as her parents and two younger
sisters were murdered. She was liberated by the Soviet
Red Army and came to Canada with her husband and
children in 1962. A question and answer period will
follow.
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1:00PM
Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living
1003 Steeles Avenue West, Toronto
Contact: 416-225-2112 x105
A RIDE TO REMEMBER!
What do paper clips and butterflies have in common?
How do you grasp the meaning of “Six Million”?
Excerpts from the documentary Paper Clips will be
shown to illustrate how the students of Whitwell
Middle School in Tennessee solved the problem and the
incredible legacy they created as the result. ANDY
RÉTI is a Holocaust child survivor, author and
member of the Jewish Motorcycle Alliance. He will
focus on the “Paper Clip Ride to Remember,” a recent
trip he took to Whitwell Middle School with 400 other
Jewish bikers, their families and friends. A question
and answer period will follow.
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1:00PM
Maple Library
10190 Keele Street, Maple
Contact: 905-653-7323 x4504
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Born in Poland, Holocaust survivor MANNY LANGER
was forced to live in the Lodz Ghetto during the War.
Later on, he was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau
and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. After Liberation,
he came to Canada and now regularly volunteers as a
survivor speaker for the UJA Federation Holocaust
Centre of Toronto. A question and answer period will
follow.
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1:00PM
Pierre Berton Resource Library
4921 Rutherford Road, Toronto
Contact: 416-653-7323 x4310
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
SHARY FINE was born in Bistrica, Romania in 1927.
She was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in early 1944,
then transferred to Plaszow labour camp before being
transferred back to Auschwitz. Later, she was sent to
the Stuttgart area in Germany for slave labour. Shary
survived a death march to the Alps and was liberated
by the U.S. 7th Army on April 29, 1945. She came to
Canada in 1948. A question and answer period will
follow.
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1:30PM
Bathurst Clark Resource Library
900 Clark Avenue West, Thornhill
Contact: 905-653-7323 x4122
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Born in 1927 in Nádudvar, Hungary into an Orthodox
Jewish family, LESLIE MEISELS survived the ghetto
in Debrecen, deportation to Strasshof, near Vienna,
slave labour at Hollabrun, Austria, and eventual
deportation to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
He was liberated on April 13, 1945 by the 9th U.S.
Army on a train heading toward the Theresienstadt
concentration camp. His mother, father and both
brothers also survived. He came to Canada in 1967.
A question and answer period will follow.
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1:30PM
Locke Public Libary
3083 Yonge Street Library
Contact: 416-393-7730
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1936, ANNE EIDLITZ
lived a normal family life with her parents and younger
sister until 1942 when her father was deported. Her
mother then went into hiding with her two daughters.
Later the Gestapo arrested Anne’s mother while Anne
and her sister remained in hiding. Later, they were
smuggled into Switzerland where they stayed until 1946.
They both immigrated to Canada in the early 1950s.
A question and answer period will follow.
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1:30PM
Unionville Library
15 Library Lane, Unionville
Contact: 905-513-7977 x5537
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
LEIZER (LOU) HOFFER was born in Vijnitz, Bucovina
(Romania) in 1927. During the War, he and his family
were taken to the Transnistria and Shargorod camps.
While his immediate family survived, many of his
relatives perished. Lou immigrated to Canada in 1948.
A question and answer period will follow.
In loving memory of Etty Zigler z”l.
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2:30PM
Louis-Honore Frechette School
40 New Westminster Drive, Thornhill
Contact: 905-738-1724
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
GEORGE BERMAN was born in Poland in 1923. He
and his family lived in the Lodz Ghetto between 1940-
1944, and were then transferred to Auschwitz-
Birkenau, where he lost both his parents. Later, he was
transferred to Gorlitz, a camp in German Silesia, from
which he escaped on May 4, 1945, just one day before
the War ended. He returned to Lodz briefly before
immigrating to Cardiff, Wales, where he met his future
wife. George and his family have been living in Canada
since 1956. A question and answer period will follow.
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2:30PM
Netivot HaTorah Day School
18 Atkinson Avenue, Thornhill
Contact: 905-771-1234 x226
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Holocaust survivor and educator INGE SPITZ will
recall her personal story of a young girl saved by nuns
during the War. Inge was born in 1927 in Potsdam,
Germany and survived the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom in
Nazi Germany. Inge and her sister went into hiding in
France and then, in 1944, sneaked into Switzerland.
The Spitz family miraculously survived and came
together in England after the War. A question and
answer period will follow.
Co-sponsored by Leo Baeck Day School.
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7:00PM
Temple Kol Ami
Leo Baeck Day School
Contact: 905-709-2620 x246
HANA'S SUITCASE: AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT
ILYSE LUSTIG, a library resource teacher at Thornhill
Woods Public School, was named York Region’s first
“Teacher of the Year” for her commitment to educating
young students about the Holocaust and the atrocities
of war. Having read Karen Levine’s award-winning
book, Hana’s Suitcase with a group of Grade 8 students,
both teacher and class felt compelled to pass on the
message of “Never Again.” They created an interactive
exhibit that travels throughout the year to various
schools. The students’ efforts were captured in a
documentary that will be part of this presentation.
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Thursday, November 9th
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10:00AM
B'nai Brith Canada
15 Hove Street, Toronto
Contact: 416-633-6224
CHILDREN OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT
SUSY GOLDSTEIN and WENDY SHARE will talk
about their father’s life as a child growing up in
Germany and his escape from the Nazis as one of the
children of the Kindertransport. See page 14 for full
program details.
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12:30PM
Parkdale Public Library
1303 Queen Street West, Toronto
Contact: 416-393-7686
FROM KRISTALLNACHT
TO LIBERATION DAY
Holocaust survivor MARTIN MAXWELL, born in
Vienna in 1924, witnessed the Kristallnacht pogrom in
Vienna in 1938. He escaped to England on the
Kindertransport and was adopted by an English couple.
He later joined the British Army in 1942 and took part
in the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
When he fought in the battle of Arnhem, Holland, he
was wounded and taken prisoner. Liberated in May
1945, he came to Canada in 1952. This program is
offered to students of the Parkdale Collegiate Institute
but is also open to members of the local community.
Co-sponsored by Parkdale Collegiate Institute.
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1:30PM
Forest Hill Library
700 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto
Contact: 416-393-7707
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Born in Lenin, Poland, FAYE SCHULMAN saw the
Nazis murder her family in 1942. Escaping, she joined
the Soviet partisans in the forest to fight for freedom.
Liberated by the Soviet Red Army in 1944, Faye was
decorated by several governments for her bravery. She
immigrated to Canada in 1948. Faye is the author of
A Partisan’s Memoir and is featured in three documentaries,
one of them a Canadian production Out of the
Fire. A question and answer period will follow.
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2:00PM
Danforth/Coxwell Library
1675 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
Contact: 416-393-7784
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Holocaust survivor HOWARD CHANDLER was born
in 1928 in Wierzbnik, Poland. He was a prisoner in
Starachowice Labour Camp between 1942-1944, then
in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Theresienstadt
between 1944-1945. He came to Canada in 1947 as
a war orphan with other children from England.
A question and answer period will follow.
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2:00PM
Wychwood Library
1431 Bathurst Street, Toronto
Contact: 416-393-7684
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
After being expelled from Italy, Holocaust survivor
MIRIAM FRANKEL became trapped in Hungarianoccupied
Czechoslovakia. Later in the spring of 1944
she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Liberated in
Germany in 1945, she is the sole survivor of her entire
family. Miriam came to Canada as a Jewish War orphan
in 1947. A question and answer period will follow.
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7:00PM
Sacred Heart Catholic School
1 Crusader Way, Newmarket
Contact: 905-895-3340
TOLERANCE AND COMPASSION: A CARING APPROACH TO TEACHING STUDENTS GOOD CHARACTER
A survivor of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp,
EVA OLSSON is the author of the national bestseller,
Unlocking the Doors: A Woman’s Struggle Against
Intolerance. She is also a widelyacclaimed
public speaker who
lectures throughout Ontario and
the U.S. at public schools, colleges
and universities about tolerance
and compassion. She will be
available for a question and
answer period.
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