MARGATE - Holocaust Survivor Michael Bornstein will honor local Holocaust survivors, incorporate community connections through Jewish peoplehood, and explore generational wisdom on Holocaust Survivor Day Wednesday, June 4. The event will be held at 5 p.m. in the Majorie and Lewis Katz JCC Auditorium, 501 N. Jerome Ave.
As co-author of the New York Times best-selling book, "Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz," Bornstein was four-years-old when he was liberated from a concentration camp and made his way to the United States six years later.
For 70 years, Bornstein opted not to speak of his Holocaust experience, despite his image being one of the most recognizable where he is seen showing his tattoo in the iconic WWII footage. However, his second-generation Holocaust survivor children, Debbie Bornstein Holinstat and Scott Bornstein, encouraged their father to share his powerful story of survival and resilience.
Michael Bornstein in the concentration campAlso speaking at the event is Holinstat, a veteran television news producer and co-author of her father’s book, and Scott Bornstein, executive vice president of Greenberg Traurig, who dedicates his expertise combatting antisemitism on behalf of Israeli and American victims of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
The program is co-sponsored by Seed the Dream Foundation, Jewish Federation of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, KAVOD, Marjorie & Lewis Katz JCC, and Stockton University Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center.
This presentation is free to attend, open to the entire community, and designed for audiences ages 10-110.
The first 50 households that RSVP and attend the program will receive a complimentary, signed copy of the book. RSVP to info@jewishbytheshore.org.
