An opportunity to hear a first-hand account of what it was like to be a Jewish slave in Hitler’s evil Nazi Third Reich from a Holocaust survivor will be presented to the public in Providenciales on Thursday evening February 7th. Rena Finder, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, will share memories of her time in Oskar Schindler’s factory, one of the most compelling times in history. It will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Brayton Hall. The evening is free and open to the public with a screening of the award-winning filmSchindler’s List from 2pm till 5:15pm followed by Finder’s moving talk. Seating begins at 6 p.m.
The program is a project of the Provo Jewish Community and its sponsors including: Fortis TCI, Beaches, Amanyara, Butterfield Gold, Grace Bay Car Rental, Gansevoort and Parrot Cay. The Provo Jewish Community is partnering with the Ministry of Education to ensure high school students would not only be a part of this important moment, but to also become better acquainted with one of the more tragic stories in history said Rabbi Sholom Bluming. Mrs. Finder will talk separately for the High Schools on Wednesday the 6th of February. Rena Finder was 10 years old when she and her family were captured by Nazis.
As one of the remaining survivors of the Holocaust, she will share what it felt like as she watched her family torn apart by hate and ignorance. What it was like to lose her father, to be tortured – along with her mother – for nearly a year and then to be rescued by a German industrialist named Oskar Schindler whose bravery inspired the 7-time Academy Award-winning Steven Spielberg film Schindler’s List. In a recent interview, Rena Finder had this to say:
We as a people have not learned. The biggest crime is not so much hate but indifference. Every single one of us has the power to participate, the power to help another person, the power to intervene when we see an injustice done.
This is the first time Rena Finder will tell her inspiring story of survival in The Turks and Caicos Islands.
