Holocaust survivor to speak May 20

NEWARK - The Col. Wm. Prescott Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution invites you to hear Henry Silberstern's powerful story, about being in Nazi concentration camps. Program is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 20 in the chapter house at 119 High St. in Newark.

Eight-year-old Henry Silberstern's life began to change in 1938, when France and Britain signed the Munich Agreement. This agreement ceded an area of Czechoslovakia called the Sudeten Land to Germany. In 1942 Silberstern was sent to a concentration camp for the first time.

It wasn't until April 15, 1945 that an Allied convoy of a Canadian contingent of the British Army liberated prisoners of Bergen-Belsen. It was Silberstern's 15th birthday.

Prospective members and inquiries about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution are always welcome. For more information, call Regent Patricia Petty at 589-3661, e-mail Pethive@verizon.net, call Registrar Anne Hotchkiss at 589-8011or e-mail 2ASH@verizon.com.

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