DUBROVNIK DUBROVNIK, July 7 (Hina) - A book written by an American Jew, Stephen A. Ollendorf, about a farewell letter his grandmother had written two months before her death in a Czech concentration camp in August 1942, was presented
in the Jewish community's centre in Dubrovnik on Saturday.
DUBROVNIK, July 7 (Hina) - A book written by an American Jew,
Stephen A. Ollendorf, about a farewell letter his grandmother had
written two months before her death in a Czech concentration camp in
August 1942, was presented in the Jewish community's centre in
Dubrovnik on Saturday. #L#
The book is about the lives of some members of the Ollendorf family,
and Stephen's grandmother, Valli Ollendorf, who sent her farewell
letter in 1942 to her son Ulrich in America.
The letter was found in the safe of Valli's sister, Ella in South
America 43 years later, and given to the Ollendorf family.
During the presentation, the deputy head of the Jewish community in
Dubrovnik, Sabrina Horovic, reminded that before Second World War
this community had had 87 members, and 23 of them had become victims
of the Holocaust.
Present at the promotion of the book in Dubrovnik, were the author
S. Ollendorf, the chief rabbi for Croatia, Kotel De-Don, a rabbi
from New York, Jack Bemporad and local authorities.
After the book's promotion, a documentary on the same topic, made by
Croatian directors, Jakov and Dominik Sedlar, was shown in
Dubrovnik' landmark "Prince's Castle".
Jakov Sedlar said Dubrovnik was the first city to host the promotion
of the book and premiere of the film.
Dubrovnik is the city with the second oldest synagogue in Europe.
After this Croatian coastal town, Berlin, Jerusalem, New York and
Los Angeles will host the promotion of the book and documentary. The
proceeds will be used for humanitarian purpose.
The author of book is the head of the New York-based Ollendorf
centre for religious and human understanding.
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