Echoes & Reflections | Painful Joy: A Holocaust Family Memoir and Journey of Discovery

Max Friedman is the son of two Holocaust survivors who met after their liberation from Bergen-Belsen, and who had lost everyone and everything they knew and loved. Max spent most of his life avoiding his past, and his parents rarely spoke about their experiences; but every day, he witnessed the trauma of their survival. Later in life, a question from Max's eight-year-old grandson convinced him that he had to learn more about what his parents lived through. After five years of discovery, the result was his book Painful Joy: A Holocaust Family Memoir.

During this webinar, Max, now 74 years old, will tell the personal story of his own family. Join Max as he shares his journey, one which is often heartbreaking—but also heartwarming. With the alarming growth of antisemitism, racism, and authoritarianism in the world, Max feels it is more important than ever to share his story and the lessons learned about resilience, survival, and the dire consequences of hate.​

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