Holocaust Survivors to Speak at Wilmette Public Library
Holocaust survivors and Wilmette residents Gitta Fajerstein and Sheila Gerber will share their first-hand memories of life during the Holocaust. Both women were children when they were sent into hiding. Their stories are included in the 2013 anthology, Out of Chaos: Hidden Children Remember the Holocaust.
This event is part of One Book, Everybody Reads, the Library's annual community reading and book discussion series, which features Affinity Konar's Holocaust novel Mischling this spring. Each year, residents are encouraged to read the selected title and participate in a series of events related to the book and its themes.
The series is funded by the Friends of the Wilmette Public Library. Community partners for the 2017 One Book program include The Book Stall, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, The Klezmer Music Foundation, League of Women Voters of Wilmette, Make It Better, NS/Modern Luxury, Rotary Club of Wilmette, Rotary Club of Wilmette Harbor, Sheridan Road, Unsilence, Village of Kenilworth, Village of Wilmette, Wilmette Beacon, Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce, Wilmette Life, and Wilmette Public Schools District 39.
For more information about this year's One Book, Everybody Reads program, visit www.wilmettelibrary.info/onebook or call (847) 256-6930.
Date and Time
Sunday Apr 23, 2017
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
Sunday, April 23, 2017
2:00 pm
Location
Wilmette Public Library
1242 Wilmette Avenue
Fees/Admission
No charge
Contact Information
Barbara Goodman
847-256-6930
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