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I want to tell you i am always honored to support this program. My first year, 20 years ago, family endowed the program in honor of my father who passed away. He was an american g. I. In europe. Our first guest is halina yasharoff peabody. A few announcements, this season is made possible by the Lewis Franklin smith foundation. Also, the fisher foundation. We are grateful for their sponsorship. Firstperson is a series of twiceweekly conversations with Holocaust Survivors who volunteer at our museum and share their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. If time allows, you...

Understand commissioner yachi, youre on the telephone . I am. Thank you. A quorum of the commissioners is president. Is the Court Reporter yes . I need a verbal yes. Thank you. Is the staff director present . Protect. I as our motion to approve the agenda for this business meeting . So moved. Thank you. Is there a second . I second. Thank you. I begin the call for amendments with one of my own adding a discussion and vote on the wyoming state Advisory Committee appointment. I also move to place the voting items at the top of the agenda. I understand at least one commissioner will need to leave...

Survivors of the holocaust who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. Each of our firstperson guests serves as a volunteer here at this museum. Our program will continue to august 8th. The museums website at www. Ushmm. Org provides information about each of our upcoming firstperson guests. Irene will share with us her firstperson account of her experience during the holocaust and as a survivor for about 45 minutes. If time allows, we will have an opportunity for you to ask irene a few questions. If we do not get to your question today please join us i...

As well as popular music and sports of the era. ,r. Markoe good morning everybody. Today we are going to discuss the jazz age, at least i am, and you are part of the discussion at the end. Please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses, that would be good. Fromazz age is a period 1919 to 1929, reminds me of the opening lines of a tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people it certainly was good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of jazz. , music, the 19t...

Certainly was good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time. Radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood, and certainly the age of the automobile, the model t. And automobiles were for almost every budget. Those are the good times which we will discuss. And it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. And it the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the 1930s and helped the ...