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Sunday, August 28 • 10:00am - 11:00am
I’m still here: Survivors speak

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Three survivors share three different experiences of one of the 20th century’s most cataclysmic events, the Holocaust. Baba Schwartz tells her story for the very first time, about a happy childhood in Hungary before suffering the horrors of Auschwitz. Also from Hungary is Frank Vajda, who was saved by the intervention of Raoul Wallenberg. And Marcel Weyland, saved by a Sugihara visa, flees Lodz with his family to find refuge in Shanghai. As the passing of time robs us of the opportunity to hear from survivors first-hand, it is more important than ever to hear their stories.

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Rita Nash

Before retiring from paid work Rita managed an independent bookshop for 13 years. Prior to that she was a teacher and teacher-librarian in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions during which she published numerous professional articles and presented many conference and seminar... Read More →

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Baba Schwartz

Baba Schwartz’s story began before the Holocaust could have been imagined enjoying life as a spirited girl in a warm and loving Jewish family . This idyll was shattered in 1944 when the Nazis transported the 3000 Jews of her town to Auschwitz. Her father died in the gas chambers... Read More →
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Frank Vajda

Frank Vajda,  AM, Officer 1st Class Royal Order of Polar Star (Sweden), MD FRCP FRACP, is a consultant neurologist, a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and the Director of the Australian Pregnancy Register of Antiepileptic Drugs. He is also the International Ambassador... Read More →
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Marcel Weyland

Marcel escaped war-time Poland in 1940 and arrived in Australia as a refugee in 1946. He is an architect with a law degree, and is an interpreter and renowned translator of Polish poetry.  Marcel has lectured and given readings extensively in London, Poland, Lithuania, New Zealand... Read More →

Sunday August 28, 2016 10:00am - 11:00am AEST
Theatrette Waverley Library, 32/48 Denison St, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
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