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Why I led a virtual tour of Normandy cemeteries during COVID-19

January 29, 2021 Leave a comment

For International Holocaust Remembrance Day this year, I was honoured to be able to pay tribute during a virtual tour…

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Take a “virtual tour” of Normandy’s WW2 graveyards + “meet” Canada’s Jewish soldiers buried there

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Join Ellin LIVE on Friday January 29, 2021 at 9 a.m. Toronto time, when she is the special guest on…

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Upcoming Events

  1. Ellin speaks to the Probus Club of South Edmonton about the city’s Hidden Heroes: How the Jewish Community helped defeat Hitler in WW2

    March 23 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am MDT
  2. ‘He wanted to save them all’: How Canadian soldiers liberated Europe + met the Holocaust Liberation75

    May 4 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
  3. Ellin speaks to Orillia’s Lake Country Probus on May 17 about the Liberation of Holland and the end of the Second World War

    May 17 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT
  4. Ellin speaks in Aurora May 26 about the Liberation of Holland in WWII and the Canadian Jewish fighters who were there

    May 26 @ 7:00 pm EDT
  5. Ellin brings the story of Canada’s Hidden WW2 Jewish Heroines to the Lindsay Women’s Probus Club Oct. 26

    October 26 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

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Ellin Bessner, Professor
Centennial College Journalism

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