Port Jefferson Students Virtually Welcome Holocaust Survivor

Port Jefferson NY

20 October, 2021

11:12 PM

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Press release from the Port Jefferson School District: Oct. 20, 2021 Earl L. Vandermeulen High School welcomed Holocaust survivor Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg to speak about her experiences as a child when Nazis occupied her hometown in Eastern Galicia (now Ukraine). Social studies teacher Bryan Vaccaro's class virtually met Elenberg Eisenberg — a volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — as she spoke of her personal history of hardship and fortitude, including a daring escape from her family's home and her father's subsequent death in a labor camp. The class discussion enabled students to gain a better perspective on this important moment in history. This press release was produced by the Port Jefferson School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.