Stories of Regeneration from the Second Generation

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Museum hosted a live storytelling event of children of Holocaust survivors recollecting what it was like to grow up in the shadow of the Shoah.

Storytellers included Daniel Libeskind, architect; Joseph Berger, former New York Times reporter and author of Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust; Esther Perel, therapist and author; Sam Norich, publisher, Jewish Daily Forward; Museum Trustee Jack Kliger, chairman/CEO, British Heritage Magazine; Ruth Lichtenstein, publisher, Hamodia, founder/director Project Witness; Eva Fogelman, psychologist, author, filmmaker, and co-director of the International Study of Organized Persecution of Children; and Rick Landman, attorney, professor, and director of INFOTRUE Educational Experiences. Stephanie Butnick, senior editor, Tablet Magazine, represented the third generation; Amichai Lau-Lavie, spiritual leader of Lab/Shul and founding director of Storahtelling, Inc., emceed the event. Museum Chairman Bruce C. Ratner offered welcoming remarks.

Видео Stories of Regeneration from the Second Generation канала Museum of Jewish Heritage