Generations Speakers - Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh https://hcofpgh.org/category/generations-speakers/ connecting the horrors of the Holocaust and antisemitism with injustices of today Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:15:51 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://hcofpgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-newlogoblue-150x150.jpg Generations Speakers - Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh https://hcofpgh.org/category/generations-speakers/ 32 32 Michelle Ultmann https://hcofpgh.org/michelle-ultmann/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=michelle-ultmann Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:34:45 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=29345 Michelle’s Presentation Michelle Ultmann is the daughter of two survivors – her mother from Germany, and her father from Austria – and she shares the…

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]]> Cindy Berg-Vayonis https://hcofpgh.org/cindy-berg-vayonis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cindy-berg-vayonis Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:53:58 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=29155 Cindy’s Generations Presentation Cindy Berg-Vayonis tells her family’s extraordinary story of resilience, love, and survival during the Holocaust. Faced with rising persecution under Nazi regime,…

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]]> Susan Straus https://hcofpgh.org/susan-straus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=susan-straus Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:03:51 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=28747 About Susan’s Presentations Susan Straus (she/her) is the daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors. In one presentation, she tells the story of her mother, Judy Levy…

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]]> Garth Jones https://hcofpgh.org/garth-jones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=garth-jones Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:33:13 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=29053 Garth’s Generations Presentation Garth’s mother was a four year old girl living near Paris when the Germans invaded. He tells her story of arrest, imprisonment,…

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]]> Alison Brown Karabin https://hcofpgh.org/alison-brown-karabin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alison-brown-karabin Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:30:09 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=28589 Alison’s Presentation Alison is a 3rd generation speaker; her grandparents, Paul and Elizabeth Brown were Holocaust survivors from Hungary. Alison tells her grandmother, Elizabeth’s story…

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]]> Deborah Stueber https://hcofpgh.org/deborah-stueber/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deborah-stueber Fri, 30 May 2025 16:30:21 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=28314 Deborah’s Generations Presentation A Story of Love and Resilience She was born in Bruchsal, Germany. He was born in Vienna, Austria. As hidden children, their…

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]]> Susan Hawkins https://hcofpgh.org/susan-hakins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=susan-hakins Tue, 20 May 2025 16:11:04 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=28057 Susan’s Generations Presentation This presentation includes the stories and photos of Margit Haas and David Robinson, Hungarian Holocaust survivors and parents of the speaker. In…

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]]> Chana Brody https://hcofpgh.org/chana-brody/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chana-brody Tue, 20 May 2025 16:22:12 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=28059 Chana’s Generations Presentation Chana is a Second generation speaker, telling the story of both her parents who were Holocaust survivors. They were teenagers when they…

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]]> Dan Ottenheimer https://hcofpgh.org/dan-ottenheimer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dan-ottenheimer Tue, 20 May 2025 15:56:36 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=28043 Dan’s Generations Presentation Dan tells the stories that his father, local survivor Fritz Ottenheimer (z’’l), used to share during the thirty-year period in which Fritz…

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]]> Lee Kikel https://hcofpgh.org/lee-kikel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lee-kikel Fri, 16 May 2025 14:23:11 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=28037 Lee’s Generations Presentation In middle age, Melvin Goldman (z”l) recorded a series of cassette tapes telling his life story, leaving them to be found decades…

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