HMTC invites you to join us in commemorating Armenian Genocide Remembrance on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 3PM.

From Spring 1915 to Fall 1916, more than one million Armenians died by means of deportation, execution, and starvation at the hands of the leaders of the Ottoman Empire, auxiliary troops, and even civilians. Despite long-standing denials of Turkish officials and the international community’s silence, US President Ronald Reagan (1981), Pope Francis (2015), the European Parliament (2015), the US Congress (2019), and President Biden (2021) recognized these events as a genocide.

The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center is dedicated to educating students and the community about the atrocities of the Holocaust and the importance of tolerance and respect for all people. HMTC serves as a valuable resource for school programs, lectures, training, and other educational opportunities.

In a small mountain village in Vichy France, a young Jewish woman who was forced to flee Paris finds a way to survive the Holocaust: forging identity documents for children being smuggled out to Switzerland by the Resistance.  She secretly preserves their records in a hidden book, alongside the vital messages she encodes in it, but when the Nazis destroy the library, she fears it is lost forever. One day though, decades later, a newspaper appears on her desk with a story about a newly discovered book that looks very much like her own. Can she now help reunite those lost during the war?

The incredible true story of two Holocaust survivors who fell in love in Auschwitz, only to be separated upon liberation and lead remarkable lives apart following the war—and then find each other again more than 70 years later.

“Lovers in Auschwitz adds to the history of resistance during the Holocaust, and is an example of a rare story of joy during an incredibly dark time.”
—Time Magazine

“Moving and tragic … A true tale of love amid unimaginable suffering.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“A vivid portrait of the brutality of daily life at Auschwitz, alongside formidable tales of people who risked their lives to save others—even strangers—through sabotage, sympathy, and love. Mesmerizing and inspirational.” 
—Judy Batalion, New York Times bestselling author of The Light of Days

“A story of hope in one of humanity’s most hopeless places, Lovers in Auschwitz honors those who were lost while producing fresh insights into the nature of survival, the resilience of memory, the unseen debts we all owe one another, and, yes, the transformative power of love.” 
—Robert Kolker, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road and Lost Girls

About the speakers:

Michael Berkowitz (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/people/academic-staff/prof-michael-berkowitz) is a Professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London. One of the subjects of Lovers in Auschwitz, Helen "Zippi" Spitzer, was a key source for his 2007 book The Crime of My Very Existence. Michael will be presenting together with Keren Blankfeld (https://kerenblankfeld.com/) regarding her forthcoming book Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story. Keren is an award-winning journalist and the granddaughter of four World War II refugees. She has been a guest on CNN, BBC World News, and E! Entertainment.

About the Story:

Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history’s most notorious death camp, between two young prisoners whose budding intimacy risked dooming them if they were caught.

Incredibly, David and Zippi survived for years beneath the ash-choked skies of Auschwitz. Under the protection of their fellow inmates, their romance grew and deepened, even as their brushes with death mounted and David’s luck in particular seemed close to running out. As the war’s end finally approached and the time came for them to leave the camp, David and Zippi made plans to meet again. But neither of them could imagine how long their reunion would take or how many lives they would live in the interim. They had no inkling, either, of the betrayals that would await them along the way. But David did suspect that Zippi harbored a secret—one that could explain the mystery of his survival all those years ago.

An unbelievable tale of romance, sacrifice, loss, and resilience, Lovers in Auschwitz is a saga of two young people who found themselves trapped inside a waking nightmare of the Nazis’ creation, yet who nevertheless discovered a love that sustained them through history’s darkest hour.

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Interview-style conversation monthly series, hosted by Bernie Furshpan is a unique opportunity to hear firsthand accounts of one of the darkest periods in human history from some of the few remaining Holocaust survivors.

Join us in a rare chance to learn from the incredible individuals who lived through the Holocaust and to honor their resilience and strength.

Survivor: Agota Adler
Agota survived the Holocaust in Hungary and then fleeing the communist regime that followed the war. She immigrated twice, to Brazil and then to New York.

Suggested donation at the door: $10

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A Danish woman who survived the Holocaust and now lives peacefully in Chicago learns that a popular local restaurant owner is about to be honored as a war hero for helping Jews escape from Nazi-occupied Denmark.  But the woman’s family was betrayed by a man she is sure is him. Hoping to reveal the truth, she paints “Traitor” and “Collaborator” and “War Criminal” on his property for all to see.  Outraged, he sues her.  But his lawsuit against her brings to light the plight of the Danish Jews under Nazi occupation and his not-so-innocent part in it, as it highlights the remarkable story of their rescue and survival.

Event Location: Glen Cove City Hall, 9 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542

Please join the City of Glen Cove in celebration of International Women’s Day, the City of Glen Cover presents Female Firsts, a panel discussion with inspiring, groundbreaking women. One of the featured ‘Female Firsts’ is Dana Arschin, the first-ever storyteller at HMTC.

Kindertransport: The Remarkable Rescue of 10,000 Children in the Holocaust

A Zoom webinar lecture by Dr. Linda Burghardt, Scholar-in-Residence, Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center

Because Jewish children were targeted for annihilation by the Nazis just like their parents, an emergency rescue operation was set up right after Kristallnacht in 1938 to send them to the United Kingdom, where foster parents promised to shelter them throughout the war. Often, the children were the only members of their families to survive the Holocaust. How this program came to be founded, how it managed to operate, and the way the children experienced it form the miraculous story of the world-renowned Kindertransport.

Discussion leader, Dr. Linda Burghardt, the Scholar-in-Residence at the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center, is a journalist and author in New York.  She worked as an independent reporter for The New York Times for 20 years and is the author of three non-fiction books.  Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous newspapers across the U.S. and overseas, including, most recently, the Times of Israel, and she has lectured to both national and international audiences.  She holds a Ph.D. from Long Island University and is the daughter of Holocaust survivors from Vienna.

The HMTC David Taub Reel Upstanders Proudly Presents

In recognition of Black History Month and Women's Achievement Month HMTC proudly presents J'ai Deux Amours, Mon Pays et Paris

J'ai Deux Amours, Mon Pays et Paris (I Have Two Loves, My Country and Paris)

… a film about Josephine Baker, Entertainer, Civil Rights Activist, Decorated Member of the French Resistance, Humanitarian

Join us in screening “J’ai Deux Amours, Mon Pays et Paris”  (I Have Two Loves, My Country and Paris) a film about American Josephine Baker, living in two worlds, America and Paris. Expat, Entertainer,  Decorated Member Of The French Resistance,  Civil Rights Activist, Humanitarian (mother of 12 adopted children from diverse cultures (the Rainbow tribe)

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Little Nico lives in the midst of the Holocaust in a tight-knit community in a small coastal city in Greece, where German officers apply Nazi principles with venomous zeal.  Without realizing that the officers have used him to unwittingly betray his neighbors, the naïve 11-year-old suddenly finds his family in mortal danger.  And though he finds a way to survive the devastation, he will spend the rest of his life seeking forgiveness, not only for himself, but for the people he loves the most.

Speaker, Lyana Rotstein is an amazing warrior, educator, tour guide, and mother of four children serving either in the military or in the community. Join us for brunch as Lyana updates us on Israel’s war against Hamas, and how it has impacted her family, community, and Israeli society. She will inspire us with stories of bravery and the many volunteer efforts of Israeli civil society and the military and share first-hand accounts of this difficult time.

Lyana is a creative and articulate public speaker and educator, as well as an expert in the history of the Jewish People from the time of the Bible through today. She has guided a wide variety of global leaders, congresspeople, and senators, led community and national leadership missions, and stewarded political, interfaith, and intergenerational groups throughout Israel.

EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT

The Viana Hotel and Spa
3998 Brush Hollow Road
Westbury, NY 11590

Admission: Free of Charge 

Featuring Shireinu Choir of Long Island, Deborah Tartell, Conductor and Voices of Victory, the St. John's University Gospel Choir, Dr. Nigel W. Gretton, Conductor

Speaker: Dana Arschin, Storyteller, the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

Profits will be donated to the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County and St. John's Bread and Life, a nonprofit serving free meals to the needy.

LOCATION:
Temple Beth El of Great Neck
5 Old Mill Rd
Great Neck, NY 11023

Two local choirs and a noted speaker will headline a special program honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during Black History Month. “Joining Voices” will take place on Sunday, February 4, and will feature the voices of the Shireinu Choir of Long Island and Voices of Victory, the Gospel Choir of St. John’s University. Dana Arschin, three-time Emmy-awardwinning journalist and the first ever storyteller for the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center (HMTC) of Nassau County will be the keynote speaker.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, a museum and center dedicated to building a better tomorrow by teaching about the dangers of antisemitism, racism, bullying and all manifestations of intolerance, and a food bank that has been in existence for over 4 decades. In addition to teaching about the Holocaust, the HMTC

promotes a resistance to prejudice and advocates respect for every human being which are sentiments held dear by Dr. King. St. John’s Bread and Life, established over 40 years ago to combat food insecurity in Brooklyn and Queens, has served over 20 million meals to those in need.

“Joining Voices is a beautiful example of what can happen when people unite under the umbrella of shared values,” comments Dr. Nigel W. Gretton, conductor, Voices of Victory. A key part of the concert will be a performance of “Martin’s Dream” by David Burger, based on Dr. King’s “I have a dream” speech. “Even though this work has been performed many times, it has always been the composer’s dream to see a Jewish choir and a Gospel choir combine in fellowship to perform the piece publicly,” shares Deborah Tartell, conductor, Shireinu Choir of Long Island. “I am honored to have had the opportunity to work alongside Dr. Gretton to make the composer’s dream a reality,” she concludes.

Keynote speaker Dana Arschin, three-time Emmy award winning former on-air TV reporter and fill in anchor for Fox 5 and News 12, is the first ever Storyteller for the HMTC. As a grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, Ms. Arschin interviews survivors to preserve their unique and compelling stories for future generations. For the concert, she will discuss the longstanding relationship between the Jewish and Black communities and how their music has always shared elements.

On November 1, 2005, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution marking January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this date in 1945, Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau. As historian Dan Stone reminds us, liberation “was a process, something that happened over time - sometimes a very long time. Not only were many survivors far from feeling joyful, often they were just as far from being healed.” Many who were liberated did not survive to enjoy their freedom. Even so, over time, many Holocaust survivors did in fact build new, productive, even joyful lives. These include the survivors who founded The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center (HMTC). 

The purpose of International Holocaust Remembrance Day is both to commemorate the victims of the Nazi regime and to encourage Holocaust education across the globe. With all of this in mind, HMTC encourages members of our community to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day by viewing Stories of Courage, a film that highlights the testimonies of survivors who associated with HMTC:

https://www.hmtcli.org/courage

Members of our community may also wish to register for and view one of the following virtual events:

• A community reading of Elie Wiesel's Night (Museum of Jewish Heritage), accompanied by music and speeches (Sunday, 1/28, 1PM ET) https://mjhnyc.org/events/nightreading/

• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Stay Connected Live series, featuring the testimony of Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman (Friday, 1/26, 1PM ET) https://www.ushmm.org/remember/international-holocaust-remembrance-day.

During the week before and after International Holocaust Remembrance Day, HMTC will be well-represented in programs on Long Island, including events for The Town of Oyster Bay (Moji Pourmoradi), the Plainview-Old Bethpage school district (Chris Probst), and the Nassau County Courts (Dana Arschin and Leo Ullman). In addition to this, HMTC survivors and 2G's will be fanning out across Long Island to speak to hundreds of students for Remembrance Day programs.

The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center is dedicated to educating students and the community about the atrocities of the Holocaust and the importance of tolerance and respect for all people. HMTC serves as a valuable resource for school programs, lectures, training and other educational opportunities.

When secrets from the past come down through the generations as hazy shadows that dim the natural light between mothers and daughters, the raw reality of an untold war can generate shame instead of love. All Trudy has of her silent mother’s story is a single photo of the two of them together with a Nazi officer. Will she be able to recreate the past and understand what her mother had to endure to survive the Holocaust?

HMTC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Cordially invite you to stand together in unity with us to support our continuing efforts in educating our community about empathy and being upstanders.

This spectacular evening is one of our most important fundraising events and pays tribute to Holocaust Survivors, and high-profile civic, community, and business leaders. With distinguished keynote speakers who will share their personal experiences and poignant observations about our world, both past and present, this is an event you won't want to miss! Join us for a moving evening that showcases our Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center and the role it plays in the Long Island community and beyond. Be sure to RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW!

HONOREES:

• Holocaust Survivor, Leo S. Ullman

• Nassau County Executive, Bruce Blakeman

• Second Generation Survivor, Charles Krypell

• in Memoriam: Stanley Sanders

SPEAKERS:

Gilad Erdan, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations.(schedule permitting)

Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs is an Israeli-American army wife and mother living in Tel Aviv. She will tell the incredible story of her husband’s family on October 7th: how her father-in-law, retired general Noam Tibon, and her mother-in-law, Holocaust historian Gali Mir-Tibon, raced to the border with Gaza armed only with a pistol and saved their son’s family from the Hamas terrorists attempting to break into their home on Kibbutz Nahal Oz.  The fighting spirit of the Tibon family represents the unbreakable spirit of the Israeli people, and the talk will focus on the incredible stories of how the nation banded together in the face of the barbaric terror attack perpetrated by Hamas. From the small volunteer outposts that popped up in every city, to the massive philanthropic movement in the diaspora that met the challenge – the incredible vitality of Jewish life and the enduring strength of Am Yisrael is rising to face off the threat of worldwide antisemitism. Jessica works as a literary agent in Jerusalem, representing Israeli authors in the international book market and selling Hebrew literature in English and other foreign languages. Before moving to Israel, she was an editor at the Wall Street Journal Book Review. Her writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and the Washington Post.

LOCATION:
Temple Beth Sholom, 401 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights, NY

Andrew Laszlo was born in 1926 in Papa, Hungary. Growing up in a middle-class family in a small town close to Budapest, life was happy for Andrew and his family. As the Nazis grew in power, Andrew and his family faced growing discrimination and exclusion from society. When the Nazis invaded, his family was relocated to a ghetto. Eventually, Andrew's entire family was taken away as he was transported to Bergen-Belsen, where Anne Frank was imprisoned at the same time. He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. After the war, Andrew came to America penniless and made a life for himself as a successful cinematographer, with works such as Shogun, Rambo, First Blood and The Warriors. He was honored at the U.S. Capitol for the 2004 Days of Remembrance Memorial alongside Elie Wiesel. His life was a triumph of strong will over evil and inspired his son, Andrew Laszlo Jr. to continue telling his father's story.

Growing up in Roslyn, New York, Andrew Laszlo Jr. attended public school in Roslyn, Buckley and Greenvale, played hockey at Beaver Dam and Little League baseball in Glen Head. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Dartmouth College, going on to work 42 years for Morgan Stanley in Billings, Montana and retiring as an Executive Director in the Wealth Management Division. In retirement, Laszlo is honored to be able to share his father's story through in-person and virtual events.

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The first documentary film to tell the story of the Kindertransports, a rescue movement that, in the nine months prior to World War II, saved the lives of close to 10,000 children. The children were sent, as unaccompanied refugees, to Britain from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Most never saw their parents again. The courageous parents who had the strength to send their children off to an unknown fate soon boarded transports taking them to concentration camps. Short-listed for Academy Award Nomination, selected for the Sundance Film Festival.

Join director Melissa Hacker to watch and discuss the first documentary film to tell the heart-wrenching story of the Kindertransports.

Suggested Donation $10 | Light Refreshments

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In the summer of 1941 in war-torn Poland, a young mother is forced to protect her five-year-old daughter by hiding with her in a neighbor’s barn.  Hidden in the hayloft day and night, Roza struggles to keep little Shira still and quiet, telling her a story about an enchanted garden in which the only sound is the song of a yellow bird.  But their make-believe world is shattered when Roza must make an impossible choice: keep Shira with her or devise a way for her to survive on her own.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE NEW DATE SOON.

When the Nazis marched into Lviv in 1941, six-year-old Krystyna Chiger's life changed forever. Forced to go into hiding due to persecution at the hands of the Nazis, Krystyna and her family joined about 20 others in the sewers under Lviv. For 14 months, Chiger and her family lived beneath those who were able to freely go about their lives under Nazi occupation. Surrounded by rats, filth, disease and constant rushing water, every day was a struggle to endure. Their survival would not have been possible without the aid of Leopold Socha, a Polish sewer worker who saved their lives through his extraordinary acts of bravery and kindness. When liberation came, Krystyna's brother, Pawel, was so terrified of other people and the sunlight, he began crying to return to the sewers he had come to call home.

Krystyna has dedicated her life to speaking about her experiences during the Holocaust, most notably doing so through the publication of her memoir The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust’s Shadow. Chiger will be joined by co-author Daniel Paisner, as well as her son, Doron Keren, to speak about her life before, during and since the Holocaust, and the unbelievable triumph of survival.

During the 3-day shopping event, be sure to present your CHAMPION NUMBER when making purchases, and 25% of your full-price pre-tax purchase amount will be calculated and submitted to your pre-selected organization - HMTC.

Donations will be made on full-price merchandise only and some product exclusions may apply, subject to individual store policy. Returns or exchanges made on merchandise purchased towards Champions for Charity® are subject to individual store policy. Participating store gift certificates and special order merchandise are subject to individual store policy. Some product exclusions apply. Americana Manhasset GiftCards and American Express® gift cards purchased during Champions for Charity® are not eligible for a donation.

As the head of an organization in Tel Aviv that seeks to bring Nazi war criminals to justice, Milia Gottstein has dedicated her life to making sure that the voices of Holocaust victims will never be silenced.  But when she brings her work to Lithuania and tries to force the government to admit their historic responsibility for annihilating almost their entire Jewish population, including her own family, she is confronted with choices that threaten to betray all she has achieved. 

Opening EVENT: The Kindertransport Journey: Memory into History Exhibit

EXHIBIT TIMELINE: November 12 through April 21, 2024

The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County in partnership with the Kindertransport Association presents

The Kindertransport Journey: Memory into History

 November 12, 2023 – April 21, 2024

 Opening Event Sunday, November 12, 223 1pm

 In this 85th year of the Kindertransports, please join us for this special exhibit.

In the nine months between the pogrom of November 9, 1938 (Kristallnacht “the Night
of Broken Glass”) and the start of World War II, a bold rescue operation now known as
the Kindertransport brought nearly ten thousand children, most, but not all, Jewish,
from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland to safety in Great Britain. Much
smaller numbers of children were sent to France, the Netherlands, Sweden,
Switzerland, Palestine, the United States, and Australia. Most of the parents who sent them to
safety perished in the Holocaust. Many of the children settled in Britain; others re-
emigrated to Israel, the Americas, and elsewhere, scattering over the world. Some live
today in New York and Long Island and will be speaking at the opening.

Kindertransport Survivor Robert Sugar has created a series of exhibition panels that
trace these children’s epic journeys from 1938 into the 21st century. Robert fled Vienna
at age six and spent the war years on the Millisle Refugee Settlement Farm in Northern
Ireland. This exhibit shares the arc of Kindertransport history and details of the lives of
individual Kinder and their families. It is an effort to retrieve the almost-lost story of an
almost-lost generation.

To learn more about the kindertransports www.kindertransport.org

There will be refreshments at the event.

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On the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass", we look to commemorate those whose lives were lost or forever changed by the events of November 9th, 1938. 

This event will consist of a brief candlelit service in honor of survivors and victims of one of humanity's darkest periods in history.

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HMTC Daffodil Memorial Garden Bulb Planting Ceremony

Join us in planting 1,500 Daffodil bulbs. The Daffodil Project aspires to build a worldwide Living Holocaust Memorial by planting 1.5 million Daffodils in memory of the children who perished in the Holocaust. The shape and color of the daffodils represent the yellow stars that Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust. Yellow is the color of remembrance. Daffodils represent our poignant hope for the future. They are resilient and return with a burst of color each spring, signifying hope, renewal, and beauty. The daffodils also honor those who survived the Holocaust and went on to build new lives after this dark and challenging period.

Stay tuned for the daffodil bloom sometime in late March and early April.

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Community & Conversation - A Special Evening in Support of ISRAEL

Presented by Gold Coast Arts & Temple Beth-El of Great Neck in association with HMTC

Featuring a conversation with:

Avraham Melamed, Israeli survivor; 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre

Together with:

Ambassador Ido Aharoni, Israel’s former Consul-General, New York & the Tri-State area

 Jon Loew, Producer, Netflix Series, Spy Ops

LOCATION: Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, 5 Old Mill Rd, Great Neck, NY 11023

Doors open at 7:00pm

 Complimentary Admission. Advanced RSVP is REQUIRED.

Security will be strictly enforced and no bags will be permitted.

No entry will be granted to anyone without a ticket

The story of Karl Shapiro, a Holocaust survivor and his granddaughter on a journey to reunite with the woman who saved his life seventy years earlier.

Guest Speaker: Karl Shapiro

Film showing will take place at HMTC

$10 Suggested Donation | Includes Refreshments

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Please join us on the grounds of our museum for a candlelight vigil to show our solidarity with Israel. Instead of hosting a 5K (our original plan for this day), we believe this vigil is a more appropriate and necessary event.

We will have a moment of silence to honor those who lost their lives and pray for the safety and well-being of all those affected by the recent attacks in Israel.  We hope you will join us and show your support for Israel during these challenging times.

There will be coloring activities for children and an optional guided meditation session led by 3G Marianna Cuomo Maier (board-certified health and wellness coach) of Grata Wellness.

The candlelight event will take place on October 22 at 4:00 PM at the Children's Garden at HMTC.
We believe that this candlelight event will provide us with a meaningful and powerful opportunity to come together as a community and show our support for Israel.

We hope to see you at this powerful and important event. 

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Suggested Donations for Candles $36

Proceeds will fund our educational programs to combat antisemitism and hate in our society.

The Children's Garden
at The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center
Welwyn Preserve
100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY 11542
516.571.8040

Living through World War II and the Holocaust with her young daughter, working in a Paris bookstore during the Nazi occupation, and fighting for her life at every turn, Charlotte is no victim -- she is a survivor.  But it will take all her resilience to survive the next chapter of her life, as she tries to leave behind the City of Light to enter the publishing world in 1950s Manhattan, finding out along the way that survival never comes without a cost.

HMTC Book Club September 13 - Hannah's War by Jan Eliasberg (on Zoom)

Berlin in 1938 was no place for a woman of science, especially a Jewish woman on the verge of discovering how to split the atom.  But in 1945, having escaped to the U.S. and secured a job working with Robert Oppenheimer in his top-secret nuclear lab in Los Alamos, she is accused of leaking encoded equations to Hitler’s scientists.  How will she defend herself, and how will her accuser, a man who arrived wounded and battered from the liberation of Paris, discover the truth?

A CHARITY “CHESS IN THE PARK” TOURNAMENT EVENT.  TAKING PLACE ON THE GROUNDS OF THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY IN GLEN COVE, NY. 

CHESSanity, is teaming up with the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) to launch a new initiative aimed at putting an end to hate and bigotry and promoting tolerance and respect for all people, regardless of their background or religion, as the way forward for future generations of humanity.  We hope to inspire a new generation of leaders who are committed to creating a more just and equitable world.

As part of this partnership, CHESSanity has scheduled this event that promotes the values of tolerance and inclusivity, while also donating the proceeds to support HMTC's mission to educate the public about the Holocaust and its lessons for today. We believe that through our joint efforts, we can make a real difference in the fight against hate and discrimination, and create a brighter, more tolerant future for all.

Registration Fee: $15 per player (Includes Museum Tour)

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Theodore's & the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County Present: Holocaust Survivor Leo S. Ullman Discussing 796 Days

Join Theodore's Books and The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County for an evening with Holocaust survivor, Leo S. Ullman as he speaks about and signs his memoir, 796 Days: Hiding As a Child in Occupied Amsterdam During WWII and Then Coming to America.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Copies of 796 Days will be available for purchase at the event.

EVENT LOCATION: Theodore's Bookshop | 17 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, NY, 11771 | (516) 636-5550

ABOUT THE BOOK:

A mesmerizing first-person story of a young Jewish boy pushed into hiding over a period of nearly two and a half years during WWII with total strangers who did not know who he was, while his parents hid in an attic elsewhere, not knowing where their son was or whether he was alive. This all in the heart of Amsterdam during the brutal occupation by the Nazis.

Their family, long established, leading honest, law-abiding, normal and comfortable lives were suddenly forced to (in their own words) "disappear," to "become illegal," and to "live like rats" to avoid capture and deportation to killing camps. Yet they survived, facing constant fear of death, house-to-house searches, betrayal, disease and hunger, until liberated by the Allies.

They then left their home, their country and their friends to start anew, in the U.S., seeking freedom from oppression. They quickly grew roots, becoming active and involved in their chosen community, and were able to succeed with zeal and good fortune.

This chronicle includes not only Leo Ullman s own personal story, but stories of other family members and their often miraculous survival. The book contains numerous unique photos, copies of documents and correspondence in support of the stories, as well as valuable historical and factual context of those terrible times.

LEO. S ULLMAN was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in July 1939. After surviving WWII as a "hidden child," as chronicled in this book, he came to the U.S. with his family in December 1947 to start a new life. He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (1957), Harvard College (1961), Columbia University’s Graduate Schools of Law (J.D.) and Business (MBA) (both in1964). He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps., and Marine Corps Reserves (1959-1965).

He returned to Holland after law school as editor of an international tax publication, and founding editor of a loose-leaf tax publication. He has written several monographs and articles, as well as a monthly column for a Dutch publication, on (foreign investment in) U.S. real estate.

Mr. Ullman, a member of the New York bar, practiced law for more than 30 years, with major New York law firms and with his own firm. As of 1970, while still practicing law, Mr. Ullman established a real estate management company, which led ultimately to the founding of a real estate investment trust, which he grew, while CEO, Chairman and President from $13 million to $1.6 billion, and which he took to the New York Stock Exchange in 2004, resulting in an award as Ernst & Young’s "Entrepreneur of the Year" With respect to his roots, Mr. Ullman served as a Director of the Anne Frank Center USA for two decades and as its Chairman for seven years. He has also served many years as the Chairman of the Foundation for the Jewish Historical Museum of Amsterdam. He and his wife, Kay, have co-sponsored the exhibit "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda" of the United States National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., for which he has served as a member of its Development Committee.

PLEASE NOTE: All books signed at this event must be purchased from Theodore's Books. If you purchase your book in advance of the event, please save your receipt.