Program Description: Enid Cherenson contributed to the research, translation and annotation of Rachel Karni’s powerful Holocaust book Childhood on the Run. Enid made breakthroughs and forged new international connections, uncovering previously unknown genealogical materials. This presentation explores several incredible wartime survival stories, highlighting one young boy's escape from Vienna, his survival as a hidden child … Continue reading Enid Cherenson – Escape from Vienna: Two Cousins, Two Journeys →

  Nancy Korn - From Breslau to Britain: German Jewish Refugee in Kitchener Camp and British Army Pioneer Corps   Program Description: Using photographs and personal letters, Nancy Korn will illustrate the story of her great-uncle Hans Korn, born in Breslau, who, despite having fought for Germany in WWI, was imprisoned in Buchenwald in the … Continue reading Nancy Korn & Fay Bussgang – Celebrating Our Members’ Stories →

Program Description: This talk demonstrates how, step by step, you can work backwards in time to find records that will help you trace your family from the U.S. back to “Russia”. We will see the value of finding original images, not just index listings, and will show how to cope with conflicting information while using … Continue reading Alan Shuchat – Tracing a Family From Brooklyn Back to “Russia”, Step-by-Step →

Program Description: Eighty-four years after the Jews of Šeduva (Lithuania) were murdered in the Holocaust, the Lost Shtetl Museum opened there. The museum's exhibits and memorial grounds will be highlighted to show what Šeduva, its vibrant Jewish community, and shtetl life throughout Eastern Europe were like before World War II.  Marlene will explain how her … Continue reading Marlene Englander – The Lost Shtetl Museum: Jewish Lives Remembered in Šeduva, Lithuania →