Event

Please join us for a powerful and timely event with Claude Romney, a Jewish child survivor from France, born in Paris a few months before the beginning of the Second World War.

Claude will speak about her and her family’s experiences during this dangerous time, and how the Holocaust has effected her life. This event is sponsored by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. 

About Claude Romney: Claude holds a PhD from the University of Paris VIII. She taught at universities in France, England and Canada and is now professor emerita of French at the University of Calgary. Her publications include topics ranging from applied linguistics to French Canadian literature, in particular the writer Gabrielle Roy, as well as the Holocaust. She has recently finished writing a book on the written testimonies of fifty-seven former Auschwitz prisoner-doctors. She immigrated to Canada with her British-born husband and has lived in Vancouver since 2004. More information.

About VHEC: Through education and remembrance, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) engages students, educators and the broader public in British Columbia and beyond with the history of the Holocaust — the Shoah — and its ongoing relevance. As a teaching museum that stewards programs and collections initiated by Holocaust survivors, we honour and support those who survived and remember those who perished. VHEC endeavors to work towards a world free of antisemitism, discrimination and genocide, with social justice and human rights for all. More information.

Registration required. Register online or call 604-987-4471, ext. 8175.