Holocaust Education Week 

Choose from the following dates: 

Tuesday, November 12 (10am or 1pm)

Wednesday, November 13 (10am)

Thursday, November 14 (10am)

Friday, November 15 (10am)

Location:  Margaret's Legacy Holocaust Learning & Jewish Advocacy Centre |  1605 Main St. West, Hamilton 

If you have any questions please contact Maggie Norris, Program Coordinator, at [email protected] or call 905-648-0605 ext. 307.

Speaker Bio

Kathy Kacer YA Author

Kathy Kacer's parents were both survivors of the Holocaust. Her mother survived by hiding during the war, while her father endured concentration camps. Growing up, their stories deeply inspired her, leading to her decision as an adult to write and share these stories with young readers, ensuring that future generations would never forget that period in history.

Born and raised in Toronto, Kacer holds a Master's degree in psychology and worked with troubled teenagers and their families for many years. However, her lifelong dream was to become a children's author. In 1998, she left full-time work to pursue this passion. Her first book, The Secret of Gabi's Dresser, is based on the true story of her mother, Gabi. Since then, Kacer has written numerous books about real people who lived through the Holocaust.


Edward Serotta Founding Director, Centropa

Edward Serotta is a journalist, photographer and filmmaker specializing in Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Edward has worked in Central Europe since 1985. Between 1996 and 1999, he produced three films for ABC News Nightline. Edward has published three books - Out of the Shadows, Survival in Sarajevo and Jews, Germany, Memory. He has contributed to Time Magazine, The L.A.Times, The Washington Post, and other outlets. Ed founded Centropa in 2000.


TOPICS

By Chance Alone: The Young Readers' Edition: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz 

The moving, award-winning Canada Reads book from Holocaust survivor Max Eisen, now adapted for young readers by Kathy Kacer.

Tibor “Max” Eisen was born in Czechoslovakia into an Orthodox Jewish family. He lived in a compound with his parents, his two younger brothers, his baby sister, his paternal grandparents and his uncle and aunt. Life was far from perfect, but it was relatively peaceful.

But in the spring of 1944—the morning after the family’s Passover Seder—officers forcibly removed Eisen and his family from their home. They, and thousands of other Jewish people, were brought to a brickyard and later loaded onto crowded cattle cars bound for the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. READ MORE

"Flashes of Memory": Photography during the Holocaust

During this session Edward Serotta will present a critical examination of documentation through the camera lens, focusing on the circumstances of the photograph and the worldview of the photographer, with particular reference to the Jewish photographers’ different and unique perspective as direct victims of the Holocaust. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

High School Seminars

  • Tuesday, November 12 | 10AM

    High School Student Seminar with Kathy Kacer and Edward Serotta


  • Tuesday, November 12 | 1PM

    High School Student Seminar with Kathy Kacer and Edward Serotta


  • Wednesday, November 13 | 10AM

    High School Student Seminar with Kathy Kacer and Edward Serotta


  • Thursday, November 14 | 10AM

    High School Student Seminar with Kathy Kacer and Edward Serotta


  • Friday, November 15 | 10AM

    High School Student Seminar with Kathy Kacer and Edward Serotta


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