Inheritors of Memory with Dee Simon

The Holocaust Center for Humanity teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, inspiring students of all ages to confront bigotry and indifference, promote human dignity, and take action.The Henry and Sandra Friedman Holocaust Center for Humanity museum and education center teaches lessons of the Holocaust, connecting them to our world today. Through stories and artifacts of local Holocaust survivors, the exhibitFinding Light in the Darknessengages and challenges visitors to consider how each person's actions make a difference. Along with local survivor memory, the Center's exhibit includes authentic pieces from Auschwitz-Birkenau, including a child's shoe, a pair of glasses, a suitcase, and a comb.Advance registration is required. Call 206-582-3000 or visit our website for more information.

Holocaust Center for Humanity

We invite you to hear all five stories of resilience and escape, told by the children and grandchildren from the Center's Speakers Bureau.

Join us for this installation of the Inheritors of Memory Speaker Series as we enter our third season! After recently retiring as CEO of the Holocaust Center for Humanity, Dee Simon decided to fulfill her goal to tell her mother’s Holocaust survival story as a member of the Speakers Bureau.Her mother, Frieda Soury, was deported from her home in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia to Terezin Concentration Camp near Prague when she was 14 years old in 1943. She survived with a group of friends until she was liberated by her father who arrived at the camp to take her to safety.Freda immigrated to Israel where she married and had her family. She and her husband moved to the United States in 1961Frieda moved to Seattle to be with her family in 2004 and began to tell her story to students all over the state.Dee lives in the Seattle area. Location: The Holocaust Center for Humanity Museum in Seattle, WA.The program will be 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM.Refreshments to be served.Suggested admission is $12 for adults, or $7 for Students and Seniors and can be paid upon entry.Please consider donating non-perishable food items for the JFS Food Bank. Reserved tickets are recommended, and walk-ins are welcome.This reservation includes all-day admission to the museum. This program is made possible with support from the Ruth Anderson Wheeler and Henry O. Wheeler Charitable Trust and the Tulalip Foundation.

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