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Join Mats Michaelsen as he guides you through the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center’s museum. Mats is from Ilsede, Germany where, one year ago, he finished high school and will start studying once he returns home this August. During his time in school, Mats tried to learn as much as possible about the processes that led to the Holocaust in his country and is still interested in improving his understanding of the time through different perspectives. He likes to share his experience in growing up in the society of the perpetrators but is also keen to exchange that with people coming from a different history. As a young German, he feels the responsibility to keep the memory of this horrific atrocity alive and make an effort to improve the world we all live in.

This motivation led him to apply for an international volunteer program, Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP). This organization sends young people to different countries in Europe, Israel, and the U.S. to work with victims of the Holocaust, at educational facilities, or with marginalized people. Their work aims at creating dialogue between different people and reducing prejudices, thus building a society for everybody. During this special museum tour, Mats will reflect on his year of volunteer work at the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, where he’s been an invaluable asset to our work.

This is Mat’s last official museum tour before returning home to Germany, so you won’t want to miss this opportunity.

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Join the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center for a special conversation with Holocaust survivor Zahava Rendler in Reakirt Auditorium at historic Union Terminal on January 29 at 12:30 p.m. In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and , our forth anniversary at Union Terminal, which falls two days prior on January 27, the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center welcomes you to hear from educator and Cincinnatian Zahava Rendler in conversation with CEO David Wise.

Zahava Rendler was born Golda Feuerberg in Stryi, Poland on March 30, 1941. Zahava and her family hid in an underground bunker until her parents decided it was too dangerous and sent her to live with a Polish woman. The woman, fearing she would be discovered, placed Zahava in a convent where she survived and was found by her father. Zahava will share her story and lessons and discuss her views on the recent rise in antisemitism and what we can do to fight hate and prejudice.

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Join the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center for a special conversation with Holocaust survivor Zahava Rendler in Reakirt Auditorium at historic Union Terminal on January 29 at 12:30 p.m. In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and , our forth anniversary at Union Terminal, which falls two days prior on January 27, the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center welcomes you to hear from educator and Cincinnatian Zahava Rendler in conversation with CEO David Wise.

Zahava Rendler was born Golda Feuerberg in Stryi, Poland on March 30, 1941. Zahava and her family hid in an underground bunker until her parents decided it was too dangerous and sent her to live with a Polish woman. The woman, fearing she would be discovered, placed Zahava in a convent where she survived and was found by her father. Zahava will share her story and lessons and discuss her views on the recent rise in antisemitism and what we can do to fight hate and prejudice.

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The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, December 21st at 11:00 am via Zoom with Josie Ziegler.

Josie tells the stories of her grandparents’ journeys from the German towns of Cologne (Koln) and Landsberg am Lech to the USA. At 16 years old, Ellen (Josie’s grandmother) escaped in 1938 via the Kindertransport through the support of her parents. She was first sent to London to stay with her uncle and in 1939 took a Liberty ship to join her brother in NYC. She was able to keep in touch with her parents until 1940 when communications stopped, and she was never to hear from them again. Berthold (Josie’s grandfather), about age 23, was sent to the USA with his older brother in 1938 while his parents and two younger siblings stayed behind (they later came to the USA in 1939). In the summer of 2022, Josie traveled to Landsberg to visit the family’s former home, store, and town where her grandfather grew up. Josie recently moved to Cincinnati after graduating optometry school. She is a Third-Generation speaker who has been gathering research in an effort to retrace her grandparents’ experiences through Europe.

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Generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, December 21st at 11:00 am via Zoom with Josie Ziegler.

Josie tells the stories of her grandparents’ journeys from the German towns of Cologne (Koln) and Landsberg am Lech to the USA. At 16 years old, Ellen (Josie’s grandmother) escaped in 1938 via the Kindertransport through the support of her parents. She was first sent to London to stay with her uncle and in 1939 took a Liberty ship to join her brother in NYC. She was able to keep in touch with her parents until 1940 when communications stopped, and she was never to hear from them again. Berthold (Josie’s grandfather), about age 23, was sent to the USA with his older brother in 1938 while his parents and two younger siblings stayed behind (they later came to the USA in 1939). In the summer of 2022, Josie traveled to Landsberg to visit the family’s former home, store, and town where her grandfather grew up. Josie recently moved to Cincinnati after graduating optometry school. She is a Third-Generation speaker who has been gathering research in an effort to retrace her grandparents’ experiences through Europe.

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Generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, December 14th at 11:00 am via Zoom with Rabbi Eric Slaton.

All of Rabbi Slaton’s family lived in Europe when the Nazis came to power, in Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, his parents, and grandparents lived in Vienna.  After the Anschluss on November 11-13, things became very difficult for the Jews of Vienna. His mother’s father committed suicide when he heard the Nazis enter the apartment building. His mother and grandmother were able to travel to London, and his mother was fortunate to be allowed to come to America and live with relatives. She never spoke about her experiences before her early death.

His father was able to get a visa to come to England to study.  Two weeks later, he received a visa to travel to Palestine. His parents chose to send him to England because he could get there sooner. His parents tried to escape over the Italian border but were sent back. Their apartment was near the foreign embassies, so they were not harassed as were Jews in other parts of the city.  Finally, they were ordered to move because an Aryan woman wanted the apartment. They shared a small room with other families.  They were later deported and sent to killing centers.

His father volunteered for the army and was sent to Italy to help with the interrogation of Austrian soldiers who fought for the Nazis. Upon his return, he entered the Northern Illinois of Optometry and was a classmate and friend of Dr. Albert Miller. His parents met in Chicago, married, moved to Minneapolis, and had two children.  Upon his retirement, his father wrote extensively about his experiences. His father died 10 years ago.

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Generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, December 14th at 11:00 am via Zoom with Rabbi Eric Slaton.

All of Rabbi Slaton’s family lived in Europe when the Nazis came to power, in Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, his parents, and grandparents lived in Vienna.  After the Anschluss on November 11-13, things became very difficult for the Jews of Vienna. His mother’s father committed suicide when he heard the Nazis enter the apartment building. His mother and grandmother were able to travel to London, and his mother was fortunate to be allowed to come to America and live with relatives. She never spoke about her experiences before her early death.

His father was able to get a visa to come to England to study.  Two weeks later, he received a visa to travel to Palestine. His parents chose to send him to England because he could get there sooner. His parents tried to escape over the Italian border but were sent back. Their apartment was near the foreign embassies, so they were not harassed as were Jews in other parts of the city.  Finally, they were ordered to move because an Aryan woman wanted the apartment. They shared a small room with other families.  They were later deported and sent to killing centers.

His father volunteered for the army and was sent to Italy to help with the interrogation of Austrian soldiers who fought for the Nazis. Upon his return, he entered the Northern Illinois of Optometry and was a classmate and friend of Dr. Albert Miller. His parents met in Chicago, married, moved to Minneapolis, and had two children.  Upon his retirement, his father wrote extensively about his experiences. His father died 10 years ago.

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Generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, December 7, at 11:00 am via Zoom with Ruth Barnett.

Ruth tells the moving story of her mother, Irene Levin, who was born Josepha Weil in 1927. Josepha was a child of a large, prosperous, secular family in the Sudetenland, a German corridor of western Czechoslovakia. Josepha was just over eleven years old when her father died, and Hitler walked through the Sudetenland. By December 1941, Josepha, her mother, Irena, and stepfather, Georg, were deported to Terezin, where they spent over two years. Deportation to Auschwitz and slave labor at a sub-camp called Christianstadt followed.

In January 1945, with the Russians advancing, Josepha and her mother were forced on a Death March, which would span 200 miles in ice and snow. Then they were loaded into a cattle car to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where Irena was carried to her death upon arrival. The British liberated Bergen-Belsen in April 1945. After several months of recovery from typhus, Josepha returned to Prague. Only Georg and one cousin returned.

In 1947, Josepha immigrated to America and adopted her mother’s name, Irene. In 1949, Irene met and married her husband, Joe Levin, and raised three children. In 2017, as Ruth just retired from a career as a Quality Assurance professional, her father died. Ruth brought Irene to live in Mason. It was this time with her mother that got Ruth actively involved with her mother’s photos, memoirs, and sharing this important story of survival. It is Ruth’s belief that in this time of Holocaust denial and politicization, it is up to the generation of survivor children to assume the mantle of sharing these firsthand accounts of the realities of hate.

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Generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, December 7, at 11:00 am via Zoom with Ruth Barnett.

Ruth tells the moving story of her mother, Irene Levin, who was born Josepha Weil in 1927. Josepha was a child of a large, prosperous, secular family in the Sudetenland, a German corridor of western Czechoslovakia. Josepha was just over eleven years old when her father died, and Hitler walked through the Sudetenland. By December 1941, Josepha, her mother, Irena, and stepfather, Georg, were deported to Terezin, where they spent over two years. Deportation to Auschwitz and slave labor at a sub-camp called Christianstadt followed.

In January 1945, with the Russians advancing, Josepha and her mother were forced on a Death March, which would span 200 miles in ice and snow. Then they were loaded into a cattle car to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where Irena was carried to her death upon arrival. The British liberated Bergen-Belsen in April 1945. After several months of recovery from typhus, Josepha returned to Prague. Only Georg and one cousin returned.

In 1947, Josepha immigrated to America and adopted her mother’s name, Irene. In 1949, Irene met and married her husband, Joe Levin, and raised three children. In 2017, as Ruth just retired from a career as a Quality Assurance professional, her father died. Ruth brought Irene to live in Mason. It was this time with her mother that got Ruth actively involved with her mother’s photos, memoirs, and sharing this important story of survival. It is Ruth’s belief that in this time of Holocaust denial and politicization, it is up to the generation of survivor children to assume the mantle of sharing these firsthand accounts of the realities of hate.

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Generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

Hon. Irwin Cotler, Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, Government of Canada
Moderated by Felice Gaer, AJC Director, Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights
2:00 p.m. Eastern, 1:00 p.m. Central,
12:00 p.m. Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific