Event Details

End: January 27, 2022
Contact: dfitzgerald@ushmm.org
More Info: https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/VEFBCHCSIHRD0122

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum will present a live digital program on International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Thursday, January 27, at 9:30 a.m. ET - which will be broadcast on the Museum’s Facebook Live page.

 

The Difference between Life and Death: Choices That Saved a Young Boy

From the moment he was born, Arye Ephrath was in danger. His mother gave birth to him with the help of a housemaid in spring 1942 while hiding from the first wave of deportations of Jews from their hometown in Slovakia. Later, a shepherd and his wife took in Arye on the condition they could disguise him as a girl so that he would blend in with their daughters. As we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, learn how others took risks and sacrificed to help Arye survive the Holocaust.

 

Eighty years since the Holocaust began, violent antisemitism remains a threat—as we witnessed at a Texas synagogue this month. The lessons of this history have never been more relevant and are an ongoing focus of the Museum’s Facebook Live series.

 

Guest

Dr. Arye Ephrath, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer

 

Host

Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

 

We invite you to share program information on the Museum’s website (https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/VEFBCHCSIHRD0122) and/or the Museum’s Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/events/343852760890401) with colleagues and others who might be interested. Following the event, the program will also be available on-demand so people can tune in when convenient.

 

We hope you can join us for this very special program. Please feel free to reach out for more information or if you have any questions.