TORONTO HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK: Opening Night, Moderated by Nina Munk

St Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St E, Toronto, ON
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Nina Munk, Canadian-American journalist, author, and editor of How It Happened: Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry, will moderate Opening Night of Holocaust Education Week at the Bluma Appel Theatre at Toronto's St Lawrence Centre for the Arts.

SPEAKERS

Rainer Hoess, grandson of Rudolf Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz, now educates people around the world about the dangers of hate and combats his grandfather’s infamous legacy.

Nobuki Sugihara, son of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat posted to Lithuania who rescued thousands of Jewish refugees by securing them visas, honours his father’s legacy and works to correct the inaccuracies of his father’s narrative.

Allison Nazarian, granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and author of Aftermath: A Granddaughter’s Story of Legacy, Healing & Hope, shares the impact of growing up in a Holocaust survivor family, and how she came to focus on healing and the future.

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