Watch Live Program | Hope during the Holidays

 

Live Digital Program Hope during the Holidays   While hiding from Nazi persecution of Jews, two-year-old Norbert Obstfeld and his mother, Lea, celebrated Christmas with their rescuers. Teenager Gerda Weissmann fashioned a menorah out of potatoes to observe Hanukkah at the Bolkenhain forced labor camp. Join us to discover how people engaged in spiritual resistance during the Holocaust by commemorating the holidays.   Friday, December 9, 9:30 a.m. ET United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Facebook page       Guest Dr. Lindsay MacNeill, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Host Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Watch at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum and join in the conversation. You do not need a Facebook account to view our program. After the broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the Museum’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Photo: Norbert Obstfeld (right) poses next to a Christmas tree with Raymonda Verhage, the daughter of his rescuers, in December 1943. USHMM, courtesy of Norbert Vos     UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Main telephone: 202.488.0400 TTY: 202.488.0406