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In this educational program, we will reflect on the liberation of a Polish, Jewish young man, and the Jewish Sargent from Brooklyn who liberated him. 

These stories will be told through the eyes of their respective children who, through serendipity, found one another decades after their parents' encounter on that historic day in April 1945.

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Richard Friedman is a former lawyer and teacher. He lives with his wife in Lacey, Washington.

Sharon Berry is a daughter of Ben Fainer, of blessed memory, a St. Louis Holocaust survivor from Bedzin, Poland.  She is a co-founder of The Hannah Ida Urman Foundation that continues her father’s legacy of Holocaust education. Born in Toronto, Canada, her parents immigrated to the U.S. in 1957 to St. Louis, where she grew up. She relocated to Philadelphia with her husband and son in 1999.

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In this educational program, we will look at some of the ways American corporations contributed to the rise of the Nazi party and its ability to wage war. 

Without the substantial involvement of prominent American businesses and businessmen, World War II and the Holocaust would not have happened.

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Pat Lorraine Simons is a former trial lawyer and teacher. She also founded Ready Readers, a nonprofit organization that inspires low-income preschool children to become readers. Simons has published short fiction and award-winning poetry in magazines and anthologies. She lives with her husband in St. Louis, Missouri.

Sharon Berry is a daughter of Ben Fainer, of blessed memory, a St. Louis Holocaust survivor from Bedzin, Poland.  She is a co-founder of The Hannah Ida Urman Foundation that continues her father’s legacy of Holocaust education. Born in Toronto, Canada, her parents immigrated to the U.S. in 1957 to St. Louis, where she grew up. She relocated to Philadelphia with her husband and son in 1999.

Sponsored by and in conjunction with The St. Louis County Library Foundation 

Thank you to the St. Louis County Library Foundation for supporting Holocaust Education and building a better humanity

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In this educational program, we will look at the joint efforts of Polish diplomats together with Jewish activists in wartime Switzerland (the Ładoś Group) to save the lives of thousands of Jews throughout German-occupied Europe by forging Latin American passports.

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Jeffrey K. Cymbler, author, attorney, genealogist, and child and grandchild of Holocaust survivors will discuss the newly discovered remarkable story of the Ładoś Group. 

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Sharon Berry, daughter of Ben Fainer, a St. Louis Holocaust survivor of blessed memory, will share her father's story and discoveries made since her father's passing, including her family's connection to the Ładoś Group passports.

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In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day - 75 Years After the Liberation of Auschwitz 

 A Holocaust Awareness Program (Open to Public Free of Charge) 

Presented by Holocaust Survivor Ram Levy, PhD and

Sharon Berry, daughter of Holocaust Survivor Ben Fainer, of blessed memory.

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Bedzin, Bulgaria and Beyond

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Madill, Oklahoma Public Schools

and Parents Support Holocaust Education

In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day,

a Free Event Sponsored by and in conjunction with the

St. Louis County Public Library

In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day,

a Free Event Sponsored by and in conjunction with the

St. Louis County Public Library

Special Thanks to our Co-Sponsors

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