White Plains Public Library Holocaust Remembrance Events

White Plains NY

16 December, 2021

6:13 AM

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Press release from the White Plains Public Library: December 15, 2021 The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. To find out more, click here. Join us for two events in January to reflect on our history and remember both Holocaust survivors and victims. Speaker Event: Anna Leiser-Kleinhaus, Holocaust Survivor Tuesday, January 11th 7:00–8:00 p.m. Click here to register. Anna Leiser-Kleinhaus, born in 1936 in Antwerp, Belgium, describes her life while in hiding during the war, her times in a French orphanage, posing as a Catholic in a French town with her mother and returning to Antwerp with her mother after the war and reuniting with her father after his liberation from a concentration camp. She studied in Geneva, Switzerland where she met her husband. Immigrated to the US where she received a doctorate in pharmacology and had a productive career while raising three children. Now retired she enjoys the company of her grandchildren. This program is intended for adults. Holocaust Remembrance Day Virtual Author Visit Thursday, January 27th 4:30–5:30 p.m. Click here for the Zoom link. Join us for a visit from author Michelle Bisson to discuss her book, Hedy's Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust (Library Collection /). This event is for children in fourth grade and up, including adults. Children's Reading List Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott Library Catalog Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Library Catalog / eBook The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Library Catalog / eBook Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier Library Catalog The Cats In Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse Library Catalog Refugee by Alan Gratz Library Catalog / eBook Survivors of the Holocaust by Kath Shackleton Library Catalog / eBook The Hidden Children by Howard Greenfeld Library Catalog Rescuing the Children by Deborah Hodge Library Catalog / eBook We Had To Be Brave by Deborah Hopkinson Library Catalog / eBook We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman Library Catalog The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco Library Catalog The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren Library Catalog / eBook This press release was produced by the White Plains Public Library. The views expressed are the author's own.