Saint Peter’s Church, Chateau d’Oex is hosting a conference with six of the last survivors of the Holocaust.
The conference will take place on Saturday, 28 April from 14h00 to 16h00 and will be in English.
The speakers are from Switzerland, Israel, Germany and The Netherlands. The conference begins and ends with music and the four survivors will recount their story and why we should never forget. Two additional survivors will also be present for discussion at the conclusion of the conference with refreshments and cake.
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The full agenda is given below. For more information, contact
Jack Anderson: jack.anderson912@gmail.com
SATURDAY 28 APRIL 2018 14:00- 16:00
ST PETERS ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CHATEAU D’OEX Grand Rue
A SYMPOSIUM IN ENGLISH BY THOSE WHO SUFFERED BUT SURVIVED WW II
FOLLOWED BY REFRESHMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION
| TIME | SPEECH/MUSIC | WHO | MINUTES |
| 14:00 | Music-Nigun of Ravel | Mark Varshavsky (Switzerland) | 5’ |
| 14:05-14:15 | Introductory speech | Yael Antolovich (Israel) | 10’ |
| 14:15-14:30 | The Evacuation: My personal account of the Shoah | Mark Varshavsky (Switzerland) | 15’ |
| 14:30-15:00 | Memories of the Children-the last generation of the Shoah-Why is it necessary today? | Alexey Heistver (Germany) | 30’ With translation |
| 15:00-15:15 | The Deportation: My personal account of the Shoah | Micha Gelber (The Netherlands) | 15’ |
| 15:15-15:30 | Lessons from the Holocaust and Modern Times | Lillian Glazer (Israel) | 15’ |
| 15:30-15:45 | Questions | All | 15’ |
| 15:45-15:50 | Closing speech | Bradley Antolovich, International Director of For Zion’s Sake Ministries (Israel) | 5’ |
| 15:50 | Music and singing followed by refreshments and personal discussions including survivors Alexander Vishnevetsky (Israel) and Elena Dolgova (Israel) | Marianna and Yael Antolovich (Israel), Roman Shamshovich (Germany) | OPEN |