How the Jewish Community in Ottawa helped Win the Second World War: Feb. 18, 2021 Ottawa Jewish Historical Society Lecture
ZoomFrom the 500 local Jewish men and women who served in a Canadian military uniform in the Second World War,…
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Ellin speaks to the Probus Club of South Edmonton about the city’s Hidden Heroes: How the Jewish Community helped defeat Hitler in WW2
South Edmonton Probus via Zoom Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaAs Jews around the world prepare to observe the festival of Passover, Canadian author and journalist Ellin Bessner takes us…
Jewish Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos
Judy Batalion's new book launch at Oakville Performing Arts Centre Ellin interviews Canadian author Judy Batalion about her new book…
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The Liberation of Holland and the end of WWll: Ellin speaks to the National Association of Federal Retirees, Peel/Halton branch
When the Canadian troops began cleaning out the remnants of Nazi Germany’s occupation forces across Holland in the spring and…
‘He wanted to save them all’: How Canadian soldiers liberated Europe + met the Holocaust Liberation75
Via ZoomFor Liberation75, Ellin will share stories of how Canada's fighting men in uniform acted with great compassion on their sacred mission as liberators of Europe, and their efforts in the face of the horrors of the Final Solution. With the participation of Bob Delson, son of an RCAF photographer at Bergen-Belsen, and the children of Jack Marcovitch, and others.
Ellin speaks to Orillia’s Lake Country Probus on May 17 about the Liberation of Holland and the end of the Second World War
via Zoom Orillia, Ontario, CanadaAs Canada, and indeed the world, marked the Liberation of Holland and V-E Day in the spring of 1945, thousands…
Ellin speaks in Aurora May 26 about the Liberation of Holland in WWII and the Canadian Jewish fighters who were there
Aurora Historical Society 15372 Yonge Street, Aurora, Ontario, CanadaWhen the Canadian troops began cleaning out the remnants of Nazi Germany's occupation forces across Holland in the spring and…
The RCAF’s Secret Weapon in WWII: Canadian Jewish airmen
Hidden Heroes: Canadian Jewish Airmen in WWll Join journalist Ellin Bessner via ZOOM on Thursday June 10, 2021 as she…
Ellin speaks to the Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University board: Montreal
Private speech to the monthly board meeting about "Double Threat: Canadian Jews who served in WWII" and being host of…
Ellin brings the story of Canada’s Hidden WW2 Jewish Heroines to the Lindsay Women’s Probus Club Oct. 26
ZoomJust ahead of Remembrance Day, join Canadian author and journalist Ellin Bessner on October 26, 2021 for a “Zoom” talk…