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Bearing Witness: A Holocaust Survivor Speaks at MacArthur Memorial (Norfolk)
May 8 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeOn May 8, the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe, the MacArthur Memorial, in partnership with the Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and the Virginia Holocaust Museum, will host Holocaust survivor Dr. Roger Loria. Dr. Loria will share his personal story of survival.
Dr. Loria was born Antwerp, Belgium in 1940. After the Nazi invasion of Belgium, his family attempted to flee. His father was captured and later perished in Auschwitz. Dr. Loria and his mother were captured in France and sent to Camp de Rivesaltes, an internment camp used for transfers to Drancy and Auschwitz. Escaping Rivesaltes, they spent the rest of the war in a refugee camp in Switzerland.
The event is free, but registration is required. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Event begins at 7 p.m. The MacArthur Memorial Visitor Center is located at 150 Bank St.