Failing to secure a last minute bailout. More than half a 1000000 people worldwide are currently on holiday with the group u. K. Aviation authority has begun an operation to bring customers stranded or brought back to britain its being called the largest repatriation effort in british peacetime history. Almost a day after the bankruptcy announcement by one of europes largest travel operators thomas cook branded planes remained parked tourists stranded at airports still clueless as to how to get to their destinations or back home. We were told this over on the spot flights cancelled and there was no longer operating. So we actually were told to go home and be. Around 15000 holidaymakers on thomas cook books travel have been flown home once the company went bankrupt many more will be brought back within the next few days if youre overseas on a thomas cook holiday then you can continue to enjoy your holiday at the cia it is launching. This is the largest repression since the 2nd world war
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
During that time he and the rest of his family hid with a number of families in and around paris. This is about an hour. Good morning and welcome to the United States hall cost memorial museum. My name is bill benson. Im the host of the museums Public Program first person. Thank you for joining us today. We are in our 20th year of the first person program. And our first person today is mr. Albert garih. His 2019 season of first person is made possible by the generosity of the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation with additional funding from the arlene and Daniel Fisher foundation. We are grateful for their sponsorship. First person is a series of twice weekly conversations with survivors of the holocaust who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. Each of our first person guests serves as a volunteer here at this museum. Our program will continue until august 8th. The museums website at www. Ushmm. Org provides information about each of our upcoming
Additional funding from arlene and Daniel Fisher foundation. Were grateful for their sponsorship. First person is a series of twice weekly conversations with survivors of the holocaust who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. Each of the first person guests serves as a volunteer here at this museum. Our program will continue until august 8th. The museums website at www. Ushmm. Org provides information about each of our upcoming first person guests. Albert will share with us his first person account of his experience during the holocaust and as a survivor. If we do not get to your question today, please join us in our online conversation, never stop asking why. The conversation aims to inspire individuals to ask the important questions that holocaust history raises. You can ask your question and tag the museum on twitter, facebook, and instagram using holocaust museum, and hash tag, ask why. Todays program live streamed on the museums website,
Live. And for those of us joining us in person, welcome to the historic Decatur House and the White House Historical association. And my name is dr. Colleen hogan, a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association, and the director of the David Rubenstein center for white house history tonight, a special episode of white house history live as we launch the book mourning the president s loss and legacy in american culture. This book was published by the University Virginia press in partnership with the center for president ial history, Southern Methodist university, and the Miller Center at uva. Mourning the president s brings together and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of americans have eulogized and remembered. U. S. President s. This evening, were joined by several scholars that contributed the book on stage. And we have others in the audience, including chester and brandon robinson. Thank you for joining us this evening. Dr. Ma