A Jewish Deaf Holocaust Experience panel remembered their family members and Jewish Deaf people who experienced or were killed during the Holocaust on Sunday, April 19, 2020.
This Zoom online webinar presentation was one of the events held around the world on Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day which was held this year on April 20, 2020. This occasion is to commemorate the six million Jews and millions of others who were killed in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945.
This video shares:
* Family stories from three Jewish Deaf family members:
* Hilda Wiener Rattner – Vienna, Austria by granddaughter Janet Weinstock;
* Helly Lemberger Udkovich – Vienna, Austria by daughter Hedy Udkovich-Stern;
* Hertha Gross Rothenberg Myers – Bratislava, Slovakia by son Ira Rothenberg;
“Deaf Holocaust Experience” presentation by Marla Petal
ASL and English Voice over Interpreter: Jack Jason – Solo One Productions
This Zoom online webinar presentation was co-sponsored by Roey Yamin, Head of Delegation to North America, World Zionist Organization – Department of Diaspora Affairs; Sharon Ann Dror, President, Jewish Deaf Community Center, and Marla Petal, Co-Producer, All The People – Deaf Holocaust Experience.
