Enid Cherenson – Escape from Vienna: Two Cousins, Two Journeys<br>Spotlight Talk: <br>Carolyn Kohlman – A Bridge Back to My Father’s Hometown: Finding Family History in an unexpected Friendship

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JGSGB members : Program is free. Members do not need to register. Join us in person, or you can find the Zoom link by logging in to your JGSGB Membership account . Once logged in, use the “ What would you like to do ” dropdown to locate the Members-only Page for the Zoom link. You will also receive an email with the Zoom link the morning of the program. Non-members : Pay $5.00 at the door to attend in person, or click here to pay $5.00 fee to receive the Zoom link. If you do not receive an email with the link to the program within 15 minutes, please check your Spam folder.

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Selections from our research library will be available for use before and after the program.

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This program will not be recorded

Program Description:

Enid Cherenson contributed to the research, translation and annotation of Rachel Karni’s powerful Holocaust book Childhood on the Run. Enid made breakthroughs and forged new international connections, uncovering previously unknown genealogical materials. This presentation explores several incredible wartime survival stories, highlighting one young boy’s escape from Vienna, his survival as a hidden child in France, and his cousin’s escape via the Kindertransport — all placed within the context of their broader family stories.

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Speaker Bio:

JGSGB member Enid Cherenson has been researching her family since college, tracing branches back to 1700s Ukraine, and is a board member of the Kremenets District Research Group. In addition, by collaborating with the director of the Shumsk Town History Museum, she has found invaluable family documents for herself and led the director to produce an exhibit about Shumsk’s lost Jewish community. She has also assisted with editing Shumsk’s memorial book and translated Childhood on the Run into English (additionally researching and annotating it).

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A Bridge Back to My Father’s Hometown: Finding Family History in an unexpected Friendship

This program will be recorded and available in the member portal.

Program Description:

Carolyn Kohlman’s presentation describes her unexpected friendship with a person living in the small German town where her father grew up and which he left in 1936. This woman, passionate about keeping alive its Jewish history, contacted Carolyn via Ancestry, sharing family documents, stories, and insights that were new to Carolyn. In exchange, Carolyn sent her father’s old photos and stories, and they are now again part of the history of the town of Kirchheim an der Weinstrasse, where Jews lived dating back to the late 16th century.

Speaker Bio:

Immediate past co-president and longtime Board member, Carolyn Kohlman is co-director of our society’s award-winning Jewish Genealogy course. She is researching her ancestors in Germany (Palatinate region, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein) and in the United States. Carolyn has a particular interest in Holocaust research.

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