Frieda S. at PLU

Yesterday Co-Executive Director Delila Simon and I had the pleasure of accompanying Frieda S. to a speaking engagement at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. Frieda shared her story of survival during the Holocaust with 30 students who are taking a Holocaust course at the college.

Frieda told of her experiences as a "Mischling" (mixed-race) who was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt camp. The students and myself were amazed by Frieda's descriptions of how she and other prisoners were forced to portray the camp as a comfortable and desirable place when the International Red Cross visited, and the true conditions under which Frieda was forced to live.

To read more about Frieda's incredible experiences, view her short biography here.