2–9 November The Future of Memory

LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Central to the educational mandate of Neuberger HEW is to create opportunities to learn from
first-person testimony of Holocaust survivors for as long as possible. While the future of testimony
may rest with recorded testimony, oral and written memoirs, in addition to new technological
methods, Neuberger HEW is proud to offer first-person testimony by Holocaust survivor speakers
at venues across the city with the support of our public libraries.
These programs are organized individually by libraries committed to ensuring the future of Holocaust
remembrance with support from the Neuberger. The libraries draw audiences from local communities
and area schools to ensure students and community members from across the GTA have access to
Holocaust education. Members of the public are welcome to attend these library programs.
In Conversation with
a Holocaust Survivor
Today’s students will be among the last to
experience in-person accounts of those who
survived the Holocaust. Neuberger HEW is
proud to continue to offer first-person testimony
by Holocaust survivor speakers at schools
and libraries across the GTA for HEW 2016.
The following programs feature a Holocaust
survivor speaker sharing testimony in the
“In Conversation” format, developed with
support from the Conference on Material
Claims Against Germany, Inc.
The Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre
gratefully acknowledges members of the
Survivor Speakers’ Bureau for their inspired
contributions to Holocaust education. For a
complete listing of programs with Holocaust
survivor testimony and biographies for
members of the Neuberger Survivor Speakers’
Bureau, visit holocausteducationweek.com.
Survivor portraits by Elliott Sylman, Sylman
Photography, 2010 & 2015.
Programs featuring Holocaust survivor
authors published by the Azrieli Foundation
will include free copies of their memoirs. The
Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program was
established by the Azrieli Foundation in 2005
to collect, preserve and share the memoirs
and diaries written by survivors of the twentieth-century
Nazi genocide of the Jews of
Europe who later made their way to Canada.
Hungarian Holocaust survivor Eva Meisels will
speak about her experience during the Holocaust.
Eva Meisels was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1939.
After her father was taken to a forced labour camp
in 1942, Eva and her mother were in the Budapest
Ghetto and eventually, a safe house. They obtained
false papers from Raoul Wallenberg and were liberated
by the Soviet Army. After the war, Eva went
back to school and immigrated to Canada in 1956.
Copies of Suddenly the Shadow Fell are published
by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation
and will be available for author signing following
the program.
Co-presented by Markham Public Library.
Wednesday, 2 November | 10:30 AM
Thornhill Community Centre Library
7755 Bayview Avenue, Markham
905–513–7977
Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor Mark Lane will
speak about his experience during the Holocaust.
Mark Lane was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929. In
1944 he was deported to Auschwitz where his family
was murdered. In 1945 he was taken on a death
march to Mauthausen in Austria. He was liberated in
1945 from Gunskirchen and immigrated to Canada
in 1951.
Wednesday, 2 November | 1:00 PM
Dufferin Clark Library
1441 Clark Avenue West | Vaughan
905–653–7323
Polish Holocaust survivor Manny Langer will speak
about his experience during the Holocaust. Manny
Langer was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1929. Manny
was forced to live in the Lodz Ghetto before being
transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-
Belsen concentration camps. After liberation, he
travelled back to Poland where he found two surviving
sisters. In 1946, he immigrated to the United
States, and in 1951, Manny and his sisters immigrated
to Canada.
Generously co-sponsored by Mary Seldon and
family in memory of all our family killed in the
Holocaust.
Wednesday, 2 November | 1:00 PM
Richview Library
1806 Islington Avenue | Toronto
416–394–5120
Romanian Holocaust survivor Felicia Carmelly will
tell her story of survival. Felicia Carmelly was born
in Romania in 1931. In October 1941, Felicia and her
family were deported to the camps in Transnistria
where 36 members of her extended family were
murdered. Felicia was liberated by the Soviet Army
in 1944, and returned to her home in 1945. After
living under Communist rule in post-war Romania,
Felicia immigrated to Canada in 1962. Copies of her
award-winning book, Shattered! 50 Years of Silence,
History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania
and Transnistria, will be available for purchase and
author signing following the program. Copies of her
memoir, Across the Rivers of Memory, are published
by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation.
Wednesday, 2 November | 1:30 PM & 3:00 PM
Barbara Frum Library
20 Covington Road | Toronto
416–395–5440
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