This week, as part of their annual political education training, a German Air Force squadron toured the Museum. This training session allows them to visit historical museums all over the United States. LAMOTH was honored to welcome newly appointed Deputy Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles Kathrin Steinbrenner, who joined them on their tour. 

Orange County Girl Scouts traveled to LAMOTH this week. After learning from the Museum galleries, they heard Survivor Betty Hyatt share her story of survival. Betty spent the war years in hiding in Belgium and in France. 

The Righteous Conversations Project concluded its third annual Digital Storytelling Workshop at Harvard-Westlake School. Students, grades 7-12, collaborated with RC filmmaker mentors to create an animated short,  Peace by Piece,  based on the narrative of Holocaust Survivor Harry Davids . Stay tuned for future screenings to see this extraordinary film.

This week, Jennifer Shelly completed her six month internship at LAMOTH. After completing her master's degree in history with an emphasis on archival administration, Jennifer trained in LAMOTH's Archive. During her internship, she helped to index collections to the Museum's online  Archon platform.  

Michael was born in 1933 in Budapest, Hungary. During the war, his family moved to the city of Balassagyarmat to be closer to other relatives. In 1944, Nazi Germany invaded Hungary and they were ordered to move back to Budapest. Since deportations from Budapest ceased after June 1944, this move inadvertently saved their lives. His family remained in their designated home in the city, until his parents arranged for him and his sister to live in convents and to conceal their Jewish identity. His family was liberated in January 1945 by Soviet troops. After the Hungarian revolution of 1956, Michael immigrated to the United States where he started a family and established a career in medicine.