On 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
When the Canadian troops began cleaning out the remnants of Nazi Germany's occupation forces across Holland in the spring and…
When the Canadian troops began cleaning out the remnants of Nazi Germany’s occupation forces across Holland in the spring and…
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. As the world prepares to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, Ellin Bessner…
POSTPONED. When most people think about Jews and the Second World War, they think about the victims of the Holocaust.…
As 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.
As 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.
Postponed. "He wanted to take them all: How Canadian soldiers in WWII Rescued the Survivors of the Holocaust" As Canada,…
Postponed. Na'amat is a charitable organization that supports Women and Children primarily in Israel and Canada. We provide day cares,…
