LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS ANITA EKSTEIN b. Poland 1934. Survived a ghetto, in hiding and with false papers. Immigrated to Canada 1948. ESTHER FAIRBLOOM b. Poland, year unknown. Survived a ghetto and in hiding. Immigrated to Canada 1951. Programs: see pages 41, 45. SHARY MARMOR FINE b. Romania 1927. Survived slave labour and death camps. Immigrated to Canada 1948. Survivor portraits by Elliott Sylman, Sylman Photography, 2010 & 2015. EDWARD FISCH b. Hungary 1933. Survived a ghetto and in hiding. Immigrated to Canada 1948. Programs: see pages 35, 47. GEORGE FOX b. Ukraine 1917. Survived ghettos and death camps. Immigrated to Canada 1948. MIRIAM FRANKEL b. Czechoslovakia 1927. Survived a ghetto and death camp. Immigrated to Canada 1948. Programs: see page 41. GERDA FRIEBERG b. Poland 1925. Survived a ghetto and concentration camp. Immigrated to Canada 1953. Programs: see page 41. EDITH GELBARD b. Austria 1932. Survived a holding camp, in hiding and with a false identity. Immigrated to Canada 1958. BILL GLIED b. Serbia 1930. Survived concentration, slave labour and death camps. Immigrated to Canada 1947. Programs: see pages 18, 41, 48. 34 Neuberger Holocaust Education Week
LIBRARY AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS Hungarian Holocaust survivor Andy Réti will speak about his personal experiences in the Holocaust. Andy Réti was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1942. He survived in the Budapest Ghetto together with his mother and paternal grandparents. His father was murdered in a forced labour camp. Andy was liberated in January 1945. In October 1956, he was able to immigrate to Canada. Copies <strong>of</strong> Stronger Together are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation and will be available for author signing following the program. Wednesday, 2 <strong>November</strong> | 2:00 PM Cedarbrae Public Library 545 Markham Road Scarborough | 416–396–8850 Hidden Gold: A Family’s Survival Story Author Ella Burakowski will reveal the riveting story behind her discovery <strong>of</strong> how her family courageously survived a harrowing 26 months during the Second World War and her journey to writing Hidden Gold: A True Story <strong>of</strong> the Holocaust. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program. Thursday, 3 <strong>November</strong> | 1:00 PM Downsview Library 2793 Keele Street | Toronto 416–395–0700 Polish Holocaust survivor Howard Chandler will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Howard Chandler was born in Wierzbnik, Poland, in 1928. He was a prisoner in Starachowice Labour Camp between 1942 and 1944, then in Auschwitz- Birkenau, Buchenwald and <strong>The</strong>resienstadt between 1944 and 1945. He immigrated to Canada in 1947 as a war orphan with other children from England. Generously co-sponsored by Stephen Greenberg in honour <strong>of</strong> Howard Chandler. Thursday, 3 <strong>November</strong> | 1:30 PM Wychwood Public Library 1431 Bathurst Street | Toronto 416–393–7683 Hungarian Holocaust survivor Edward Fisch will speak about his personal experiences in the Holocaust. Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1933, his father was conscripted in 1942 into the Slave Labour Battalion in Hungary; his mother was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944. Edward and his brother survived in Swiss protected houses. Edward immigrated to Canada in 1948. Wednesday, 2 <strong>November</strong> | 2:00 PM Don Mills Library 888 Lawrence Avenue East Toronto | 416–395–5710 <strong>The</strong> Last Train Rona Arato’s award-winning children’s book, <strong>The</strong> Last Train, is the story <strong>of</strong> a Hungarian Jewish family during the Holocaust and the miraculous event that saved their lives. Told through the eyes <strong>of</strong> six- and 11-year-old brothers, Paul and Oscar, it celebrates their courage and the humanity <strong>of</strong> the American soldiers who liberated them. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program. Wednesday, 2 <strong>November</strong> | 2:00 PM Mt. Pleasant Library | 599 Mt. Pleasant Road Toronto | 416–393–7737 Romanian Holocaust survivor Joe (Joseph) Leinburd will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Joe Leinburd was born in Suceava, Romania, in 1922. In 1941, the Romanian Fascist Regime, collaborating with Nazi Germany, deported the entire Jewish population <strong>of</strong> Northern Bucovina and Bessarabia to Transnistria, an area in southwestern Ukraine. Miraculously, his entire family survived a death march from Moghilev to Murafa and was liberated in 1944. After spending two-and-a-half years in Displaced Persons camps, Joe and his wife immigrated to Canada in 1949. Thursday, 3 <strong>November</strong> | 10:30 AM Danforth/Coxwell Library 1675 Danforth Avenue | Toronto 416–393–7784 Dutch Holocaust survivor Leonard Vis will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Leonard Vis was born in Amsterdam in 1930. After Nazi Germany occupied the Netherlands, his family went into hiding. <strong>The</strong>y all survived and were liberated in 1945. After the war, Leonard served two years in the Dutch Army before moving to New York. Leonard immigrated to Canada in 1967. Thursday, 3 <strong>November</strong> | 1:30 PM Palmerston Public Library 560 Palmerston Avenue | Toronto 416–393–7680 Dutch Holocaust survivor Gershon Willinger will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Gershon Willinger was born in Amsterdam in 1942 to German-Jewish parents who were later murdered. He was placed in hiding as a young orphan. In 1944, as a two-year-old child, he was deported and later was liberated in 1945. He became a social worker and immigrated to Canada in 1977. Thursday, 3 <strong>November</strong> | 2:00 PM Gerrard/Ashdale Library 1432 Gerrard Street East | Toronto 416–393–7717 Romanian Holocaust survivor Felicia Carmelly will tell her story <strong>of</strong> survival. Felicia Carmelly was born in Romania in 1931. For her bio, see page 32. Copies <strong>of</strong> her memoir, Across the Rivers <strong>of</strong> <strong>Memory</strong>, are published by and generously provided by the Azrieli Foundation. Copies <strong>of</strong> her book, Shattered! 50 Years <strong>of</strong> Silence, History and Voices <strong>of</strong> the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria, will be available for purchase and author signing following the program. Thursday, 3 <strong>November</strong> | 2:00 PM Spadina Road Public Library 10 Spadina Road | Toronto 416–393–7666 In the Presence <strong>of</strong> my Neighbours Filmmaker George Gedeon will screen and discuss his film, In the Presence <strong>of</strong> My Neighbours (2012, English). <strong>The</strong> film and talk will explore the plight <strong>of</strong> Greek Jews in the Second World War. Generously co-sponsored by Gail & Stanley Debow in memory <strong>of</strong> Max & Maria Reisberg. Thursday, 3 <strong>November</strong> | 6:30 PM Victoria Village Public Library 184 Sloane Avenue | North York 416–395–5951 Dutch Holocaust survivor Gershon Willinger will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. For his bio, see left. Friday, 4 <strong>November</strong> | 11:00 AM College/Shaw Public Library 766 College Street | Toronto 416–393–7668 Austrian Holocaust survivor Alexander Eisen will speak about his experience during the Holocaust. Alexander Eisen born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929. After the Anschluss in 1938, the Eisen family fled to Hungary. In 1939, Alex’s father was arrested and fled to Palestine, leaving his family. <strong>The</strong> family endured the hardships <strong>of</strong> the Budapest Ghetto, but later managed to escape and live in hiding until liberation in 1945. He immigrated to Canada in 1952. Friday, 4 <strong>November</strong> | 1:30 PM Davenport Library 1246 Shaw Street | Toronto 416–393–7732 Neuberger Holocaust Education Week 35
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