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Ellin speaks at B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, Florida: Tuesday Feb. 25, 2020
B'nai Torah Synagogue 6261 SW 18th St., Boca Raton, FL, United States"He wanted to take them all: How Canadian soldiers in WWII Rescued the Survivors of the Holocaust" As Canada, and…
Ellin speaks at the Lodzer Congregation + the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research Toronto branch March 4, 2020
Lodzer Centre 12 Heaton, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOn the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, and the Liberation of Holland and other parts of occupied Europe, Ellin Bessner will share stories of how Canada’s fighting Jewish men in uniform acted with great compassion to rescue the survivors as the soldiers came face to face with the truth about the horrors of the Final Solution
Ellin speaks about the Liberation of Holland and the end of WWII at a Jewish adults’ study club March 22, 2020
Private TorontoWhen the Canadian troops began cleaning out the remnants of Nazi Germany's occupation forces across Holland in the spring and…
Ellin brings the story of Canada’s fighting WWII Jewish soldiers to Sarnia on Tuesday March 31, 2020
Sarnia Kiwanis 180 College Avenue North, Sarnia, Ontario, CanadaWhen the Canadian troops began cleaning out the remnants of Nazi Germany’s occupation forces across Holland in the spring and…
Ellin speaks to Sarnia Central Forum March 31, 2020 about WWII and Canada’s fighting Jewish soldiers who were there
Central Forum Sarnia @ St. Giles Presbyterian Church 770 Lakeshore Road, Sarnia, Ontario, CanadaCANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. As the world prepares to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, Ellin Bessner…
Ellin speaks about the Liberation of Holland and the Holocaust at the Swan Lake Probus Club in Markham, April 8, 2020
The Swan Club 100 Lakesidevista Way, Markham, Ontario, CanadaPOSTPONED. When most people think about Jews and the Second World War, they think about the victims of the Holocaust.…
The 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland and the end of WWII: Ellin speaks at the Scugog Museum
Scucog Shores Museum 16210 Island Rd, Port Perry, Ontario, CanadaAs the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, author and journalist Ellin Bessner brings her new book “Double Threat” to the Scugog Shores Museum Village and Archives. As Canada, and indeed the world, marked the end of the fighting in the spring of 1945, hundreds of Canadian airmen and soldiers were still hard at work overseas with a new humanitarian mission: rescuing the survivors of the Holocaust, including in Germany at the site of the notorious Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen.
Ellin speaks to the Forest Hill Lions Club May 5, 2020 on the eve of V-E Day75
Mastro's Restaurant 890 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaEllin speaks at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Saturday May 9, 2020 about V-E Day in WWII
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum 9280 Airport Rd,, Mount Hope, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaAs the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, author and journalist Ellin Bessner brings her new book "Double Threat" to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton. As Hamilton and indeed, the world marked the end of the fighting, hundreds of Canadian airmen and soldiers were still hard at work overseas with a new humanitarian mission: rescuing the survivors of the Holocaust, including in Germany at the site of the notorious Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen.