Survival: A talk by Marion Blumenthal Lazan

Survival: A talk by Marion Blumenthal Lazan a holocaust survivor

In the late 1930’s, the Blumenthal family escaped Nazi Germany and settled in The Netherlands. However, in 1942 they were seized and deported to the first in a series of concentration camps, which would include Bergen-Belsen, one of the most notorious and deadly symbols of the last phase of World War II. Marion’s father died shortly after liberation. For forty years, Marion has been speaking publicly about her experiences during the Holocaust and about the lessons learned. She has spoken at venues in almost every state and in a number of countries abroad, to audiences approaching oneand one-halfmillion. She is also well known forher Holocaust memoir(co-authored with Lila Perl), Four Perfect Pebbles, a book that has received virtually universal praise and has sold more than 830,000 copies.

Thank you to all of our 2021 donors who helped make these events possible:

Beit Am
Individual donations to OSU Foundation’s Holocaust Memorial fund
City of Corvallis
OSU Provost’s Fund for Excellence
The College of Liberal Arts at OSU
Center for the Humanities

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