The outbreak of World War II plunged EVA OLSSON into the Holocaust - into concentration camps, slave labour factories, disease and the death of millions, including most of her own family. But Eva's strong faith in G-d and in herself enabled her to maintain a positive focus throughout her life. For 50 years after the war, she remained silent about her experiences, but in 1996 she began speaking about her survival story. Ms. Olsson's message now challenges people not to stand by, to stop hatred wherever it occurs, to go beyond tolerance and to have compassion and respect for ourselves and others. 

Ms. Olsson is a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from Nipissing University, the Order of Ontario, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is the author of Unlocking the Doors: A Woman's Struggle Against Intolerance and Remembering Forever: A Journey of Darkness and Light. Her life story is captured in Don Gray's 2008 documentary, Stronger than Fire, that will be shown on November 4th.

Photographs from the Holocaust, as well as pictures taken when Ms. Olsson retraced her life in 2007, visiting her birthplace and three concentration camps, will be shown during this morning's worship service.