The Malta Independent 10 February 2025, Monday
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Commemorating 80th anniversary from liberation of Auschwitz concentrating camp

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 09:05 Last update: about 23 days ago

The Tayar Foundation for Jewish Heritage in Malta, and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, will jointly be holding a Holocaust Memorial evening on 27 January, which is also the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Lorenz Hemicker, grandson of a Nazi perpetrator and author of a book describing his experiences will be speaking as well as Sandra Saliba, a descendant of Holocaust Survivors from Poland. The evening will be moderated by John Mallia. The event at a Sliema venue, will start at 6pm, followed by a brief reception.

Julius Nehorai, chairman of the Tayar Foundation comments: "Let me repeat the words of a famous Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, 'For the dead and the living, we must bear witness'." 

To obtain an invitation visit [email protected]


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