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Sasha Pechersky: Holocaust Hero, Sobibor Resistance Leader, and Hostage of History

BOOK LAUNCH | Professor and author Selma Leydesdorff will detail Pechersky’s role in the Sobibor escape, the official silence in the Eastern bloc and ideological refusal to acknowledge the suffering of Jews at Sobibor, and the ways in which people gradually became aware of the truth. In conversation with Professor Marion Kaplan (Skirball Professor ofModern Jewish History at NYU).











When: Wed., Oct. 18, 2017 at 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Where: Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Pl.
646-437-4202
Price: Free with Museum admission; registration recommended
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BOOK LAUNCH | Professor and author Selma Leydesdorff will detail Pechersky’s role in the Sobibor escape, the official silence in the Eastern bloc and ideological refusal to acknowledge the suffering of Jews at Sobibor, and the ways in which people gradually became aware of the truth. In conversation with Professor Marion Kaplan (Skirball Professor ofModern Jewish History at NYU).

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