A potato sack helped her survive the Holocaust. She ll tell her story during virtual event. Carli Teproff, The Miami Herald
Jan. 23 Suly Chenkin was only 3 when her mother and father gave her a sleeping potion, put her in a potato sack and threw her over the barbed wire.
Her parents, she later learned, thought giving the little girl away was her only chance of survival.
This was on May 11, 1944, about three years after the Nazis invaded Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania.
Chenkin, who survived the Holocaust and was eventually reunited with her parents, will share her tale of survival as part of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness week at Florida International University. Hillel at FIU, the school s Holocaust & Genocide Studies Program, the Jewish Museum of Florida, Casa Cuba, along with several other FIU departments and organizations and other community partners have teamed up to offer a week-long schedule of virtual events including a discussion with Chenkin on Wednesday,
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January 22, 2021 at 4:00pm
FIU will observe Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week from Jan. 25 - 29 with a remembrance ceremony and a series of events that will include real-life testimonials, feature films, poetic expression and special talks.
Hosted by Hillel at FIU, the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program at the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, the commemorative week will give the FIU community an opportunity to explore a range of perspectives on the Holocaust and other genocides and mass violence.
“While this week has been - and is still - student-facing, this year we have enhanced the programming to be more community-focused, partnering withs BHH cultural anchors like The Miami Jewish Film Festival, The Betsy-South Beach, the German Consulate and March of the Living. We are very glad to be a partner for this remarkable week of virtual eve