ANNUAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE EVENT: January 26, 2020 (SANDY SPRINGS,
GA) – _In Commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day,
Am Yisrael Chai presents a powerful and unforgettable event:_
RESCUE AND REFUGE: THE HOLOCAUST IN DENMARK
Rabbi Bent Melchior – Keynote Holocaust Survivor speaker; Former
Chief Rabbi of Denmark
Rabbi Bent Melchior was born in Germany in 1929. When Hitler came into
power in 1933, the Melchior family moved back to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bent was 10 years old when the war broke out. After the Nazi invasion
of Denmark in 1941, the Danish government refused to collaborate with
the Nazis. In 1943, Bent’s father – Rabbi Marcus Melchior warned
all Jews of an impending round-up, and encouraged them to hide or plan
an escape. The Danish Resistance Movement, with the assistance of many
ordinary Danish citizens managed to evacuate 7,220 of Denmark’s
7,800 Jews by sea to nearby neutral Sweden where they were received as
refugees. Bent Melchior and his family were among them.
Through this mammoth effort, more than ninety percent of Denmark’s
Jews were saved.
Rabbi Bent Melchior returned to Denmark in 1945. He volunteered as a
soldier in the fight for Israeli independence, and then returned to
Copenhagen where he received his PhD. He married Lillian Weissdorf in
1951, and they have four sons. He pursued his Rabbinical education in
London in 1963. After his father’s death in 1969, he succeeded him
as the Chief Rabbi of Denmark. He retired in 1996, and continues his
humanitarian and charitable work both in Denmark and around the world.
Date: January 26, 2020
Time: 6:00pm -- Exhibit
7:00pm -- 8:30pm – Rescue
and Refuge Event
Venue: Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts
Center
1 Galambos Way
Sandy Springs GA 30328
RSVP required: www.2020remember.eventbrite.com
This event is free and open to the public. _Sponsorships and
donations appreciated and can be made by visiting us at_
www.amyisraelchaiatlanta.org [http://www.amyisraelchaiatlanta.org]
_or contacting us at __amyisraelchaiatlanta@gmail.com_ or when you
sign up at eventbrite.__
Sponsors will have reserved orchestra seating at the event.
SANDY SPRINGS Performing Arts Center PARKING available:
Self parking: $5 flat fee starting from 5pm for duration of the event
or $15 for Valet Parking
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