HOW A JEWISH FAMILY ESCAPED FROM HITLER’S CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1939
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut will meet on
Sunday, December 16, 2012, at 1:30 pm, at the Godfrey Memorial Library, 134
Newfield Street, Middletown. The program is free and open to all.
Join 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.
For additional information, please see www.jgsct-jewish-genealogy.org/programs.html.
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