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January 2022
Ellin speaks to the National Council of Jewish Women Chai Branch
Ahead of Jan. 27 the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ellin speaks to the NCJW Chai Branch in Toronto about the liberation of Auschwitz and other camps, and the role played by the 17,000 Canadians of Jewish faith who served in the Second War.
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On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, journalist and author Ellin Bessner will bring the story of the Canadian Jewish military personnel who fought for Canada in WWII, helped defeat Hitler, and rescued the survivors of the Holocaust. Bessner’s book “Double Threat” published by the University of Toronto, tells the story of these 17,000 Canadians of Jewish faith who were serving not only for King and Country, but also on a sacred mission to try to save the Jewish…
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