The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11:00 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Join us on Wednesday, July 27 at 11:00 am via Zoom with Justin Kirschner. 

This week’s Holocaust Speaker Series will feature two speakers, 3rd Generation Holocaust Survivor Justin Kirschner, and his grandmother, Holocaust Survivor Sonja “Sunny” Kirschner, in conversation about her experiences during the Holocaust and the lasting legacy of this history. Sunny was born in Schwarzenborn, Germany in 1935. Her father, Siegfried was arrested on Kristallnacht, and spent three months in Dachau until he was released on the condition that he would leave Germany immediately.  Sonja, her father, and mother Ruth, immigrated to Shanghai, China and lived with 20,000 other Jewish refugees in the Shanghai Ghetto. Justin Kirschner is the Regional Director of American Jewish Committee Cincinnati. A native Cincinnatian, he is a double graduate of Ohio University earning a B.A. in Political Science, minors in Business and Global Leadership, and a Master’s in Public and Nonprofit Administration from the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. 

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Generously sponsored by Margaret and Michael Valentine and presented in partnership with the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, and the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.