That they, too, can succeed in spite of it all. They, too, can overcome if they believe in themselves, believe in almighty god, whatever you want to call god. And if you have audacity, develop the courage and strong feeling about yourself. And is [inaudible] in here . Come up here a minute. I want to use this as an example of my legacy. I met Jenelle Spencer in 2004 at my Victory Party in ward 8. And after i started talking to her, i found out that she had not had a high school stand there High School Diploma or ged. Had four boys, raising them by herself, and she had refused to go on welfare. She worked two and three jobs, and i got her into Public Housing because she was paying 1,000 which was 60 some percent of her income, and she went to school, got her High School Diploma, got a certificate of nurses aide about four or five months ago. She passed the licensed Practical Nurse exam [applause] and shes going to enter udc school of nursing in august to get her rn with a fouryear bache
The letters pressed provide an insight into the worst and conditions for the jewish in europe and the mindset of American Jewish and the American Government during this. Now. This is about 15 minutes. Good evening and welcome. I am suzy chafee member of the ajc. Im truly delighted that so many of you have calmed to hca to help launch exit berlin how one woman saved her family from nazi germany and to hear directly from Charlotte Bonelli the books author and rector of ajc archives. I read the book cover to cover in one seating and i can promise you you are in for a real treat. Exit berlin is based on more than 300 lucy hatch wrote her parents and other relatives left behind in germany after she came by herself to new york in 1938 about a week after kristallnacht and also letter she wrote to her american cousin arnold in albany who assisted in so many ways in the rescue. The letters are for unique insights into nazi germany and the holocaust from the perspective of one young German Jewis