Survivor Talk Sundays: Henry Wormser
August 10 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Every survivor’s story is unique and provides a special, first-hand account of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hearing from local Michigan survivors helps us see all the victims of the Holocaust as real people who had–and lost–family, friends, and communities. Please join us on Sundays to listen to a survivor speaker.
Henry Wormser
Henry Wormser was born in Strasbourg, France in 1936. His family moved to nearby Clermont-Ferrand located in the free zone in 1939. Henry’s father was drafted into the French army and became a prisoner of war in Dessau, Germany. When called to report to the government with their identity papers showing they were Jews, Henry’s family went into hiding in a small farming town where they were able to evade detection by the Germans. After liberation, Henry was reunited with his father. The family immigrated to the United States in 1953 with the help of relatives.
“I hope that what happened during that period of time never happens again. Although, it can. It is important to learn history because right now antisemitism is not a dead issue. It’s constantly going on. And genocide is also not a dead issue. It’s going on in other countries.”
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