The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) invites the public to attend its annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. This year’s program will feature a memorial service and prayers, SSU Community Chorus singing traditional songs, and a conversation with Holocaust survivor Janet Singer Applefield. She will be joined onstage by her children, Deb Milley and Jon Applefield, as they reflect on growing up in the shadow and memory of the Holocaust.
Since 1947, when her father insisted his 12-year-old daughter dictate to him the story of her survival, being a hidden child during the Holocaust has been central to Janet Singer Applefield’s identity. Initially, she believed her experiences were insignificant compared to those who survived the camps, but in the early 1980s, like many other child survivors at the time, she started sharing her story. In 2024, she published her memoir, “Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust,” which chronicles her experiences surviving the Holocaust hidden in plain sight by a handful of Polish neighbors.
The ceremony is free and open to the public. It will take place in person, and it will also be livestreamed on Zoom. Registration is required.
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