Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST

Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street , Port Washington , NY , 11050, United States.

BENEATH THE LIGHTLESS SKY:

Surviving the Holocaust in the Sewers of Lvov

A Memoir Unearthed from the Depths By Ignacy Chiger

With a Foreword by Doron Keren, grandson of Ignacy Chiger

This event is co-presented by Chabad of Port Washington, The Community Synagogue, Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, Port Jewish Center, Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County and Book RePort

Ignacy Chiger’s remarkable memoir, Beneath the Lightless Sky, originally published in Poland in 2011 is now being published for the first time in English. This long lost translation, unearthed by Chiger’s grandson, Doron Keren, opens the door for a global audience to encounter a voice nearly silenced by history.

Panel Participants

• Doron Keren – Grandson of Ignacy Chiger, author of Beneath the Lightless Sky; son of Krystyna Chiger (Kristine Keren), co-author of The Girl in the Green Sweater

• Dan Paisner – Co-author of The Girl in the Green Sweater

• Moderator: Dana Arschin – Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center Storyteller and Emmy Award–winning journalist