Holocaust Survivor Max Weisglass to Speak at FSW Charlotte Campus
Mar 3, 2016
MARCH 3, 2016 – PUNTA GORDA, FLA. – Florida SouthWestern State College’s (FSW) Charlotte Campus will hold a special presentation by Holocaust survivor Max Weisglass at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, in Building O-117, FSW Charlotte Campus, Punta Gorda. The event is free and open to the public.
Weisglass will tell his story of hiding in an underground bunker for 10 months after escaping from a Polish ghetto with his parents. Following his liberation by the Russians, he remained in Poland for a time before escaping Russian rule. He then went to West Germany and Canada before immigrating to the United States.
The presentation is part of Dr. Talbot Spivak Holocaust Memorial Week, March 21-25. The week is named in memory of the late FSW Professor Dr. Talbot Spivak, whose determination to teach the lessons of the Holocaust both inside and outside the classroom led him to create this week-long program with college-wide support in 1996.
For more information, call Michael Beane, coordinator, Campus Student Life and Orientation, at (941) 637-5634, or Joyce Gelfand, Adaptive Services specialist, FSW Charlotte Campus at (941) 637-5626.
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Last Updated: March 3, 2016
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