From the Harford County Public Library: On Wednesday, May 23 at 6 p.m. at the McFaul Activity Center, 525 W. MacPhail Road in Bel Air, Dr. Rebecca Boehling, Founding Director of UMBC’s Dresher Center for the Humanities, will discuss the inspiration for her book Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust – the […]
Holocaust Survivor Speaks With Students at Edgewood High School
From Harford County Public Schools: On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, Holocaust survivor, Rubin Sztajer visited Edgewood High School to speak with students about his personal experience and life during the Holocaust. He told her story starting from the beginning of the war and life in the Klobuck Ghetto, participating in a death march, and living […]
Rep. Harris Honors Holocaust Hero Who Saved 100,000 Hungarian Jews
From the office of Congressman Andy Harris: Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives honored Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat and Holocaust hero who saved the lives of an estimated 100,000 Hungarian Jews during World War II, by passing legislation to posthumously award him the Congressional Gold Medal. The Congressional Gold Medal is one of the […]
C. Milton Wright Students Reflect on the Holocaust
From Harford County Public Schools: On June 6, 2011, the anniversary of D-Day, C. Milton Wright High School was honored to have two guest speakers who shared with students their first-hand experiences in Europe during World War II. Mr. Sol Goldstein spoke to 400 students about his experience as an American-Jewish soldier, only 19 years […]