WJC President lights Hanukkah candles with Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors 18 Dec 2020 share this on
COVID-19 has not stopped the President of the World Jewish Congress, who also serves as Chairman of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation (ABMF), from supporting Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors. In the months since bringing an Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation delegation of more than 100 Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors and their family members to Poland for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder has convened virtually with the Survivor delegation organized by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation.
This particular group of Survivors, most of whom met for the very first time in Poland in January 2020, has grown close during the pandemic, connecting over Zoom to talk about the challenges of life amidst the crisis, and to celebrate happy news of birthdays and engagements.