The Meaning of Liberation: From Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen

In this International Holocaust Remembrance Day talk, Bernice Lerner will describe events leading up to January 27, the date Auschwitz was liberated. She will share astounding facts about the subsequent liberation of Bergen-Belsen, the largest concentration camp at the war’s end. And how she went about writing a book that details this liberation from the points-of-view of Glyn Hughes, the doctor who led rescue efforts, and Rachel Genuth, a survivor who would grow up to become her mother.

Dr. Bernice Lerner is the author of All the Horrors of War: A Jewish Girl, a British Doctor, and the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, and other writings on the Holocaust and on virtue ethics. As director of Boston University’s Center for Character and Social Responsibility, Bernice lectured widely and taught courses on character education and on the Holocaust. Most recently, she served as Dean of Adult Learning at Hebrew College.

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