Join George Mason University’s Commemoration of International Holocaust Day; Expressions of the Holocaust. The Keynote is Holocaust survivor Louise Lawerence-Israel in conversation with Mark R. Ginsberg, GMU Provost and Executive Vice-President. As we reflect on 2020, which was full of complexities and challenges, and look ahead to 2021, what can we learn from the terrible period of the Holocaust about our lives today? Join us for a conversation about the past, present, and future, through the lens of Holocaust remembrance.
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Zoom
Speaker
Louise Lawerence-Israel Holocaust Survivor
At six months old, Louise Lawrence-Israëls went into hiding with her family and a friend of her parents. For two and a half years she lived in an attic, never feeling the sun’s rays or the grass under her feet. Sometimes the only food she had was warm water. But Louise was never afraid because her parents made life as normal as possible for her and her brother. “They never talked about the outside world.”
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