Spring Break Survivor Series: Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum during Spring Break to
hear the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second
generation survivors. There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required.
Guests can choose between virtual or in-person attendance for the speaker series.
The speakers are:
Tuesday, March 11: Julie Meetal Berman- Julie Meetal Berman is the daughter of Survivors Magda and Les Mittelman, Z”L. Magda and Les were born in Hungary in 1923 and 1919, respectively. During the war, Les was conscripted into forced labor for the Hungarian army but escaped and joined a resistance group. Magda and her family were ghettoized before being sent to Auschwitz. She was liberated in Germany.
Thursday, March 13: Phil Glauben- Phil Glauben is the son of Holocaust survivor Max Glauben, Z”L. In 1939, Max was 11 when the Nazis invaded Poland. Max and his family were confined to the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. Max smuggled food and supplies into the ghetto. He was deported to Majdanek Death Camp and then to other concentration camps. He was liberated by the U.S. Army.
Sunday, March 16: Mark Jacobs- Mark Jacobs is the son of Holocaust survivor Mike Jacobs, Z”L. Mike was born in Poland in 1925. In 1939, he and his family were confined in the Ostrowiec Ghetto. His parents, two brothers and two sisters, were murdered at Treblinka Death Camp. Mike survived several camps, including Auschwitz and was liberated from Mauthausen-Gusen II by the U.S. Army in 1945.
Tuesday, March 18: Hanna Schrob- Hanna Schrob was born in 1936 in Maastricht, Holland. The Nazis invaded Holland in 1940. Two years later, Hanna and her family were arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Westerbork Transit Camp. The family was held in Westerbork for over six months fearing deportation to the East. After transfer to other camps in Western Europe, Schrob and her family were liberated by the U.S. Army in France in late 1944. The family then emigrated to the U.S.
Thursday, March 20: Dr. Andras Lacko- Dr. Andras Lacko was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. In a twist of fate, Lacko contracted scarlet fever in 1944 and was saved from ghettoization and subsequent deportation to Poland. He survived the Holocaust in a military hospital and was later reunited with his mother and father after the Soviet liberation of Budapest.
Distance des principaux points d'intérêt
- Centre de convention Kay Bailey Hutchison: 0.59 miles
- Dallas Love Field Airport: 5.77 miles
- Aéroport international DFW: 15.91 miles
- Stade AT&T: 16.72 miles
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