title: Generations Speaker Series: James and Paul Guggenheimer description: The Generations Speaker Series continues with local actor and radio personality Paul Guggenheimer speaking alongside his father, Dr. James Guggenheimer. Dr. Guggenheimer, a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Dental Medicine, will speak about his experience as a child refugee. This event is free […]
title: Generations Speaker Series: Lynne Ravas and Alison Brown Karabin description: For the fourth talk in our ongoing Generations Speaker Series, Lynne will share one child’s experience in a Jewish orphanage in Germany during Kristallnacht. Alison will tell the story of her Grandmother’s survival in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Volary death march. This event is free […]
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh’s Generations Speaker Series will be held at 7 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of the South Hills, 345 Kane Blvd. Lynne Ravas will share one child’s experience in a Jewish orphanage in Germany during Kristallnacht. The program is free and open to the community, sponsored by Sylvia & Martin […]
Generations Speaker Series: Susan Hawkins description: Join us for our next installment of our popular Generations Speakers Series. Susan Hawkins, the daughter of survivors from Hungary and the Ukraine, will tell her parents’ story of loss and survival through concentration camps, hiding and emigration. She will also discuss her own recent journey of traveling back […]
title: Generations Speaker Series: Chana Brody description: Born in the Czech Republic, Chana and her parents, Ann & William Jakubovic, immigrated to the United States in 1969. The shadow of the Holocaust was ever-present in their household, even when it was not discussed. Chana feels that there is no better way to honor her parents’ […]