[Event] Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut Program, Sunday, March 17, 2013, 1:30 pm, Middletown, CT

[Gail Reynolds]

HOW A JEWISH FAMILY ESCAPED FROM HITLER’S CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1939

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2013, 1:30 pm

 

GODFREY MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 134 Newfield Street, Middletown, CT 06457

 

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut presents West Hartford resident Ivan Backer as he details the four separate escapes of his father, mother, older brother, and himself from Czechoslovakia in 1939.  Each story typifies how families survived those turbulent times.  Ivan will read his mother’s dramatic description of her own journey that he recorded through an interview.  Ivan escaped on a kindertransport, which he will describe. 

 

The program is free and open to all. 

 

For additional information, please see www.jgsct.org.

 

This program was originally scheduled for December 2012 but was postponed due to inclement weather.