Dec 12, 2025 | Library, Holocaust Education, Making An Emotional Connection
Holocaust Survivor Lola Atlansky shares her journey, from hiding with a family in Poland and later being rescued by David Israel and smuggled to safety. Hear her story of survival, family reunions and building a life in New York.
Dec 7, 2025 | Library, Cultural, Genealogy
Renowned genealogist Emily Garber guided a discussion and explored aspects of immigration, from ports of embarkation to ocean voyages and arrival in a new land.
Nov 21, 2025 | Library, Holocaust Education, Our Parent's Stories
Fern Kuper Asallas, the daughter of Holocaust survivor Erwin Kuper, shares her father’s story, including being reunited with family members and settling in Arizona.
Nov 7, 2025 | Library, Holocaust Education, Making An Emotional Connection
Hannah Sperber’s life traces an extraordinary path from a turbulent childhood in a Christian family in Nazi Germany to renewal through love and faith. Surviving wartime trauma, she met her husband, a Holocaust survivor and US Army soldier, and together they built a life of purpose and identity through Judaism, family and community.
Oct 10, 2025 | Library, Holocaust Education, Our Parent's Stories
Pauline Staman was deported with family members to Auschwitz at just 14 years old. Her daughter Cindy Kleiman shares her story of survival and resilience.
Oct 5, 2025 | Library, Cultural, Genealogy
The Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Group Mentoring Meeting, hosted by expert genealogist Emily H. Garber, had an interactive session where participants’ research questions took center stage.
Oct 3, 2025 | Library, Holocaust Education, Making An Emotional Connection
Holocaust survivor, Ellen Bottner grew up in Germany under Nazi persecution. Hear her extraordinary story of survival on the Kindertransport, life with a foster family in England, and reflections on intolerance today.
Sep 5, 2025 | Library, Holocaust Education, Making An Emotional Connection
Eleanora Deutsch was born on December 10, 1942, to Ernst and Margaret Deutsch. By early 1944, just two years later, the family was hiding in the woods outside of Rome, Italy.
Aug 8, 2025 | Library, Holocaust Education, Making An Emotional Connection
World War II veteran, Dr. Gerald Weiner, born in 1927, grew up in Pittsburgh, PA during the Great Depression and can vividly remember the events leading up to World War II, and his involvement in the United States Navy, prior to VJ Day.
Jul 11, 2025 | Library, Holocaust Education, Making An Emotional Connection
Hana’s mother, Priska Löwenbein,was two months pregnant when she was deported to Auschwitz in 1944.
