I want to tell you i am always honored to support this program. My first year, 20 years ago, family endowed the program in honor of my father who passed away. He was an american g. I. In europe. Our first guest is halina yasharoff peabody. A few announcements, this season is made possible by the Lewis Franklin smith foundation. Also, the fisher foundation. We are grateful for their sponsorship. Firstperson is a series of twiceweekly conversations with Holocaust Survivors who volunteer at our museum and share their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. If time allows, you have an opportunity to ask a few questions. If we do not get to your question, you can always tag the museum on twitter, facebook and instagram using at holocaust museum. I hope you people understand that because i do not. [laughter] a recording will be made available on our youtube page. We have prepared a brief slide presentation. We begin with this photo of her being held by her father, isaac.
In the next rm youll find the exhibit stitching history from the holocaust, developed our colleagues at the Jewish Museum of milwaukee, telling the story of a family who attempted to escape from nazi occupied prague via impassioned plooe for american visa based on talent as a dress kainer. The request failed. The family perished. Her designs survived and have been brought to testimony of what america lost when we decide the desperate souls were unwanted. As we hear the case of this evening the the case of in family wasnt ewe nic and it wasnt just the haters complicit in the murder of the innocent. Mr. Dobbs talk is part of the shapiro lecture series made possible by gloria l. Shapiro. I want to thank Program Partner willings, the library and the United States Holocaust Memorial museum. Here to to introduce mr. Dobbs is a Holocaust Museum midatlantic regional director, patterned t patterned, andre abraham. Thank you, marvin. Im andre sabril. I have occasion to get to baltimore and speak
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