Irene Levin Berman, author of "We Are Going to Pick Potatoes," will share her experiences as a survivor of the Holocaust. |
SURVIVOR OF THE HOLOCAUST TO GIVE TESTIMONY
Congregation Shirat Hayam will sponsor
its annual Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance
Service, Yom Hashoah, on April 28, 7 PM. The service will be held at the
Congregation, 185 Plain St. in Marshfield (The Sanctuary Church).
Irene Levin Berman will make actual
testimony to the atrocities of the Holocaust.
She was born and raised in Norway. As a young child in 1942 she escaped
to Sweden, a neutral country in World War II to avoid annihilation. Nazi
Germany had invaded Norway and the deportation of two thousand Norwegian Jews
had begun. Seven members of her father’s immediate family were among the
771 victims who were unable to escape and were murdered in Auschwitz.
In 2005 Irene was forced to begin to
examine the label of being a Holocaust survivor.
Her strong dual identity as a Norwegian and a Jew
led her to explore previously unopened doors in her mind. Her book “We
Are Going to Pick Potatoes": Norway And The Holocaust,
The Untold Story is not a narrative of the Holocaust alone, but the remembrances of
growing up Jewish in Norway during and after World War II. Irene is
living testimony to the atrocities.
Congregation Shirat Hayam invites all
members of the community including youth groups and religious school classes to
attend the educational experience. To arrange for large groups or more
information please call 781-582-2700.
Congregation Shirat Hayam, Marshfield MA |
If you would like to know more about this congregation, you may visit their website: http://www.shirathayam.net/about.htm
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