Winnipeg launch of Holocaust Survivors in Canada

  • September 26, 2015

McNally Robinson Booksellers and the University of Manitoba Press invites you to celebrate the Winnipeg launch of Holocaust Survivors in Canada.

When: Saturday, September 26, 7:00 pm
Where: McNally Robinson Booksellers (1120 Grant Avenue), Winnipeg.
Cost: FREE

Featuring Adara Goldberg and special guest Dr. Jeremy Maron. Light refreshments provided.

About the Book
In the decade after the Second World War, 35,000 Jewish survivors of Nazi persecution and their dependants arrived in Canada. This was a watershed moment in Canadian Jewish history. The unprecedented scale of the relief effort required for the survivors, compounded by their unique social, psychological, and emotional needs challenged both the established Jewish community and resettlement agents alike.

Researched in basement archives and as well as at Holocaust survivors’ kitchen tables, Holocaust Survivors in Canada represents the first comprehensive analysis of the resettlement, integration, and acculturation experience of survivors in early postwar Canada. Goldberg reveals the challenges in responding to, and recovering from, genocide—not through the lens of lawmakers, but from the perspective of “new Canadians” themselves.

Adara Goldberg received her PhD from the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University. She is the Education Director at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

Dr. Jeremy Maron is a Researcher-Curator at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). He holds a PhD in Cultural Mediations from Carleton University, where his dissertation focused on the treatment of the Holocaust in Canadian cinema. He has published in Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History, and the Canadian film journal CineAction.