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Kristallnacht Commemoration, featuring Dr. Mark Wygoda – Virtual Program
Kristallnacht Commemoration, featuring Dr. Mark Wygoda - Virtual Program Monday, November 9th, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. - Streaming virtually on The Florida Holocaust Museum’s Facebook Live The Florida Holocaust Museum’s Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration takes place virtually on Monday, November 9th at 6:30 p.m. The program commemorating Kristallnacht, also called the Night of Broken Glass, features a virtual conversation with Dr. Mark Wygoda. Dr. Mark Wygoda's father, Hermann Wygoda, was a German-born Polish Jew who defied the Nazis throughout the war.…
Find out more »“Meet Marie: Holocaust Survivor” – Virtual Program
In partnership with (www.hcplc.org), Holocaust Survivor Marie Silverman will tell her story which includes her life in hiding, internment, escape, and emigration. The talk will be followed by audience Q&A. Marie Silverman (née Berkovic): Marie was born in 1931 and lived with her sister Jeannette and their parents in Antwerp, Belgium when World War II began. After Germany invaded Belgium, the family escaped to France. For a while, non-Jews hid them on a farm but when the roundups began, the…
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