April 16 will mark Holocaust Remembrance Day this year. This day of remembrance, called Yom Hashoah in Hebrew, marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on the Jewish calendar. Seasonal Sanibel Island resident and Holocaust survivor Steen Metz joins us to tell his story. Metz was just 8 years old when he was sent to the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in what is now the Czech Republic. Of the 15,000 children who passed through the camp, Metz is one of only about 1,500 who survived. We’ll also find out about Holocaust Remembrance Day events taking place this year in Southwest Florida.
Guest:
Ida Margolis, co-chair of the GenShoah Southwest Florida group (Children of Holocaust Survivors) and Naples Yom Hashoah commemoration event planner
Steen Metz, Holocaust Survivor, Author, Speaker, Sanibel Island resident
Local Holocaust Remembrance Day Events:
Tuesday, April 14: The Florida Gulf Coast University Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies presents the one act play, “If the Whole Body Dies: Raphael Lemkin and the Treaty Against Genocide,” by Robert Skloot at 7:00 p.m. in Edwards Hall 122
Wednesday, April 15: Yom HaShoah Commemoration at Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 16: Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration at the Masonic Temple, 10868 Metro Pkwy, Fort Myers at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday April 19: Yom HaShoah: An Hour of Remembrance at Epiphany Cathedral, 350 Tampa Ave. W, Venice at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 19: Holocaust Memorial Service at Temple Beth Shalom, 702 S.E. 24th Ave., Cape Coral from 3:00-4:00 p.m.
