Livia Bitton-Jackson, Ph.D., born Elli L. Friedmann in Czechoslovakia, was 13 when she, her mother and her brother were taken to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
Miraculously, they survived.
Hear from Dr. Bitton-Jackson as she shares her story on Wednesday, April 22 at noon in the College of Nursing, Rooms 1011/1012.
Dr. Bitton-Jackson is the author of “I Have Lived a Thousand Years and Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust,” which received the Christopher Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award and the Jewish Heritage Award.
She received a Ph.D. in Hebrew culture and Jewish history from New York University. Dr. Bitton-Jackson has been a professor of history at City University of New York for 37 years. Dr. Bitton-Jackson lives in Israel with her husband, children and grandchildren.
This lecture is offered through the Time Travelers partnership, which provides free museum admission for medical center employees, students, and their immediate family with valid identification, while also offering lectures, workshops and other events on the medical center campus.
Employees are encouraged to bring their lunch.