BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:600@wlcj.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T211500 DTSTAMP:20221220T011123Z URL:https://www.wlcj.org/events/personal-conversations-discovering-lost-ho locaust-family-and-a-community-of-helpers/ SUMMARY:Personal Conversations: Discovering Lost Holocaust Family and a Com munity of Helpers DESCRIPTION:\n[This Program is scheduled on Eastern Time Zone]\n\n\nThursda y\, January 19th\n\n8:00 PM ET\n\n\nPersonal Conversations\n\n A Women's L eague education program that dives into current issues that affect Jewish women: \nDiscovering Lost Holocaust Family and a Community of Helpers.\nHo w a book\, film\, and non-Jews in Poland launched my journey.\n\n\n\n\n\nI n Conversation with Marsha Raimi\nWLCJ Southern Region Treasurer\nInternat ional Holocaust Remembrance Day\, marking the day when the Allies first li berated a Nazi Camp\, will be observed on Friday\, January 27\, 2023.\nPle ase join us as Southern Region Treasurer\, \;Marsha Raimi\, shares her personal story: how she unearthed a fuller version of her father’s Holo caust history\, found survivors and other descendants\, and has become a H olocaust educator. Marsha had visited Yad Vashem at age 16\, but knew litt le then\, other than that her father grew up in Mlawa\, Poland\, was inter ned in the ghetto there\, and survived Auschwitz and a death march. \; All that changed in 2017\, when her sister shared with her a book written by Glenn Kurtz\, whose own grandfather\, in 1938\, had recorded three min utes of his visit to his hometown of Nasielsk\, Poland. This occurred just a year before the town was invaded by the Nazis\, and nearly all its Jews were deported and subsequently killed. Kurtz’s book\, based on his rest oration of that film and deep research about the town’s mostly anonymous victims\, mentions Marsha’s father has having been born there. This was the beginning of several mysteries\, revelations\, and connections for he r.\nMarsha has a fascinating story to tell us of her ensuing dogged resear ch\, her association with Kurtz\, her two trips to Nasielsk\, the living c ousins whom she has discovered\, and her association with some wonderful t ownspeople who are preserving Jewish history—all of which Marsha will pr esent in conversation with Vivian Leber.\nMarsha will also share valuable insights about how we each might undertake genealogical detective work our selves or with the help of professionals. The award-winning documentary fi lm\, Three Minutes: A Lengthening\, based on Kurtz’s book and using the 1938 film footage\, is now streaming and available to view before or after hearing Marsha’s presentation.  \;\n \;\nSEE: \; \;http s://superltd.com/films/three-minutes-a-lengthening \;\nPersonal Conver sations Chair\, \;Vivian Leber\, wrote about this film\, which she lea rned of from Marsha\, in the Shabbat Letter of September 13\, 2022\, publi shed by Women’s League.\n\n\n\nZoom link will be sent upon registering.\ nREGISTER\nQuestions?\nContact\nVivian Leber\nWLCJ Personal Conversations Chair\nvleber@wlcj.org\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wlcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ personal-con.png CATEGORIES:Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR