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Apr
2
Other Events
Apr
22
Yom HaShoah | Rodi Glass
Event details
The Thaler Holocaust Education Trust and Mount Mercy University invites you to meet with Rodi Waterman Glass—Holocaust witness—on Tuesday, April 22 at 7:00 PM.
Join as as we Zoom Rodi Glass in from the Chapel of Mercy, who will share her unique childhood journey of resilience and courage in the face of adversity.
Rodi Glass was born in Amsterdam in 1936. Her family faced many hardships when Germany invaded the Netherlands.
"I still remember them marching in. I can still, in my mind, hear the marching od the boots goose-stepping down the street."
After being sent to Westerbork transit camp twice. they managed to avoid deportation with the help of family connections. They eventually spent time in a detention center in Vittel, France, until liberation in September 1944. After the Netherlands was liberated in May 1945, Rodi's family returned to Amsterdam and rebuilt their lives. In 1951, they moved to Chicago.
Rodi married her husband, Marvin, in 1955, and enjoyed the comfort of a large family.
