Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
Jewish Community Campus, Lewis and Shirley White Theatre
5801 West 115th Street
Overland Park, KS 66211
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. CDT
In partnership with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is pleased to present Rebecca Erbelding, author of Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe, winner of the JDC-Herbert Katzki National Jewish Book Award in 2018. Her remarks will focus on the War Refugee Board, established by President Roosevelt in 1944 —one of the few actions taken by the United States to allow Jewish refugees to enter America. A book sale and signing will follow her presentation.
Dr. Erbelding holds a PhD in American history from George Mason University. She worked as an archivist and curator at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from 2003-2015, and since 2015, has been a historian for the Museum's current temporary exhibition, Americans and the Holocaust. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and on the History Channel and National Geographic, largely concerning her 2007 discovery of the personal photo album of Karl Hoecker, the adjutant to the final commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
This program is made possible through a special gift from Peter and Deborah Stern, in honor of his parents, Herbert and Catherine Stern. To make complimentary reservations, please call 913.327.8196 or email rsvp@mchekc.org. You can also click on the link below.
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