The Santa Cruz Public Libraries and Temple Beth El are co-hosting an important and timely conversation in preparation for International Holocaust Remembrance Day with Holocaust survivor and speaker Gitta Ryle from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at the Capitola Branch Library, 2005 Wharf Road, Capitola.
Registration is required; there is a wait list at https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/11719758.
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Gitta Ryle, born in 1932, is a survivor of the Holocaust during World War II. She has been presenting her story and journey to forgiveness and mental well-being at schools, houses of worship, juvenile centers, and other organizations around the country, turning trauma into teaching.
Every Jan. 27, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims and to develop programs to help prevent future genocides.