Sonja DuBois, “hidden child” of the Holocaust, visited Ridgeview Elementary School this week. She told the students to "use your freedom of speech and speak up when something isn’t right."
GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Eighth-grade students and faculty at Ridgeview Elementary School had the opportunity to hear Holocaust Survivor Sonja Dubois speak about her journey to discovering her true identity. At nearly 2 years old, Dubois, originally named Clara Van Thijn, was hidden away by her parents to protect her from the Nazis in 1942. […]
(MURFREESBORO) Now in her early 80s, child Holocaust survivor Sonja Dubois of Knoxville, Tennessee, still carries the pain of so many survivors of one of history’s greatest atrocities. But she continues traveling the state to share her story, ensuring that society never forgets the traumatic ripples that affect her and so many more, even today.
“I am a ‘hidden child.’ It has taken me most of my life to discover who I am and where I belong,&rdquo .
(MURFREESBORO) Now in her early 80s, child Holocaust survivor Sonja Dubois of Knoxville, Tennessee, still carries the pain of so many survivors of one of history’s greatest atrocities. But she continues traveling the state to share her story, ensuring that society never forgets the traumatic ripples that affect her and so many more, even today.
“I am a ‘hidden child.’ It has taken me most of my life to discover who I am and where I belong,&rdquo .