Jun. 4 Standing beside a makeshift stage with banner that read "No Hate. No Fear." and "End Anti-Semitism Now," Jack Waksal, a Holocaust survivor, said the recent attacks against Jewish people in South Florida are too familiar. "Same thing happened when I was a little boy in Poland," he said. "It's unbelievable." Waksal, who was born in 1924, lost his entire family in the Holocaust. He was one .
The Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles will host a livestream Yom HaShoah commemoration ceremony specifically honoring the Sephardic communities in Southern Europe and North Africa that were victims of Nazi brutality. The virtual ceremony, which takes place Sunday, April 11 will feature a keynote address by Dr. Aomoar Baum, associate professor and vice chair of Undergraduate Studies, UCLA Department of Anthropology, a speech from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, performances by singer-songwriters Shira Bouskila and Montana Tucker, and appearances from survivors.
While the museum itself remains closed due to pandemic restrictions, its Yom HaShoah event is open to anyone who wishes to join and honor the Sephardic community.
Never forget. Holocaust Survivor will share his story in virtual remembrance ceremony Carli Teproff, The Miami Herald
Apr. 7 As a professional photographer, Laszlo Selly spent his life telling stories through his camera lens.
But it s his own narrative and the stories of other Holocaust survivors that he feels obligated to tell. It is important because there are less and less Holocaust survivors and there are more and more people denying that it happened, said the 83-year-old, who now lives in Aventura.
Selly, who was born in Hungary and was liberated in 1945, will share his survival story Thursday as part of the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach s virtual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Rememberence Day) program.
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