GenShoah programs

By Shelley Lieb and Ida Margolis

The following is information you need for GenShoah SWFL’s upcoming programs:

Back by popular demand: Genealogy Workshops

Bring your device and follow the lead of Hank Bitterman, 2G, who takes you to various online resources to find out about you and your family’s past. Hank shares his knowledge from his own family findings both in the U.S. and abroad. This session is limited in size and will provide a good starting point for further inquiries. Sunday, April 7, 1 p.m. Location TBD. RSVP required: Shelley Lieb liebro@gmail.com.

A special invitation to GenShoah members and guests

“They Were Children: Rescue as Resistance”

This exhibit is about a specific resistance group, the OSE, that was active in German-occupied France. It provided a network of escape to Switzerland when children were being deported throughout France. A team of archivists from the FGCU library traveled to France and now share their information, discoveries and artifacts-on-loan. This free exhibit is open to the public through March 31, M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., FGCU Archives, Bradshaw Library.

GenShoah members are invited for a private tour (lunch included) on Sunday, March 3, 10 a.m. FGCU Archives — limited attendance; RSVP required: Shelley Lieb liebro@gmail.com.

Growing Up Sephardic in an Ashkenazi World by Sam Varsano

Wednesday, March 13, 2 p.m. Holocaust Museum. RSVP required: hmcec.org (special events)

Yom HaShoah Commemoration

GenShoah SWFL is already planning for the Yom HaShoah program in Collier County on Sunday, May 5, 4 p.m. at Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center. RSVP requested: jfgn.org. Pre-event reception for GenShoah SWFL and survivors, 3 p.m. at Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.

We encourage you to invite your children/grandchildren to be at your side for this program. It is an opportunity to share your history with your family in a meaningful way.

And for those who are 2Gs and would like to remember parents who were survivors, please submit your name, along with the names for remembrance, to genshoahswfl@hmcec.org.

Zoog Mir in Yiddish

March 17 and April 21, 3:30-5 p.m. at Holocaust Museum. Limit 20 people. RSVP required to attend for each session: hmcec.org.

Book discussion

“All the Frequent Trouble of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler” by Rebecca Donner. Date TBD. For additional information, contact Estelle Kafer ekafer520@gmail.com.