Ft Worth Federation | Yom HaShoah Commemoration

The Fort Worth community Yom HaShoah observance will be held on Monday, April 12 at 7 pm. Following the traditional service of remembrance, Ms. Anna Eisen, well-known writer and speaker about the Holocaust, will present a program entitled "Rescue and Return: Women in the Underground Who Saved Jewish Children in the Holocaust." This will tell how, through the heroic efforts of a Polish Catholic social worker, sever thousand Jewish children were hidden and saved during the Holocaust, and how after liberation, Ms. Eisten's mother joined the Bricha Movement, which organized the gathering of these Jewish orphans who had been hidden. Location will be shared when an RSVP is received. 

To RSVP, c.simon@tarrantcountyfederation.org