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Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, program.
May 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Bronfman Theatre, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Rd. Halifax.
Guest speaker: Holocaust survivor Dr. Francis Weil.
Francis Weil was 4 years old when he escaped with his parents and brother into Switzerland from Nazi- occupied France in 1942. Weil, in conversation with Olga Milosevich, retired CBC Radio Broadcaster, will discuss his family’s story of survival. Dr. Weil came to Moncton, N.B. as a young man where he taught physics and statistics at the Université de Moncton.
The program will include a candle-lighting ceremony and reception to follow. Please R.S.V.P. if you are attending: info@theajc.ca