I am the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors, Sol and Helen Krawitz. My grandmother was a child and my grandfather a teenager when the Nazis invaded Poland. They later found one another and survived the war together—my grandmother in hiding and my grandfather as a partisan resistance fighter.
I was fortunate to have my grandparents in my life well into adulthood and to hear many of their stories firsthand. They endured unimaginable atrocities during the Holocaust and lost their entire families in Nazi gas chambers. Despite these profound losses, they lived their lives with grace, joy, gratitude, and a deep love for the family they built together in America.
It is both an honor and a responsibility to share their stories of bravery and resilience, and to help educate future generations so that they understand the consequences of hatred and intolerance and the importance of preserving humanity and compassion.
Although I volunteer my time, each speaker session requires about $360 to cover coordination and logistical costs needed to bring these meaningful stories into classrooms and communities. That is why my goal is to raise $1,800 for this campaign.
