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On Thursday March 30th, Judy Meisel,
a Holocaust survivor visited our school to speak with 7th grade
students. Ms. Meisel tours the country sharing her experiences
during the Holocaust. Prior to her visit, students viewed a documentary
about Ms. Meisel called "Tak for Alt" ("thank
you for everything" in Danish). She learned the phrase from
the Lutheran women in Denmark who took her and her sister Rachel
in after the war and nursed them back to health. Ms. Meisel said
she will always be thankful to the Danish people. The film was shot in 1998 with Meisel in Europe
and the United States. This documentary will be shown on PBS stations
nationwide. Ms. Meisel spoke very frankly about her childhood
in Lithuania, time in a concentration camp, liberation and flee
to Denmark with her sister. After the war, Ms. Meisel traveled
to Toronto, Canada to reunite with her brother. She married and
moved with her husband to Philadelphia where they raised their
family. Ms. Meisel also spoke about her participation during the
American civil rights movement. Ms. Meisel spent much of the hour answering
student questions. Ms. Meisel is the grandmother of Jennifer,
a 7th grade student at CJMS.
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 Last updated March 31, 2000 Maintained
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