On the evening of February 13, 2023, Holocaust survivor and acclaimed author Lillian Boraks-Nemetz shared her experience of surviving the Holocaust with members of the Ben Gurion Society at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. The Ben Gurion Society is the Jewish Federation’s national leadership and donor recognition program for young professionals who support the Jewish …
On January 19, Lillian spoke at an event hosted by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Janet Austin, at Government House in Victoria. Lillian described her experiences as both a First and Second Generation survivor. She spoke of bearing not only her legacy, but the legacies of her parents, who survived the Holocaust but were …
Lillian is featured in Allan Twigg’s new book, Out of Hiding: Holocaust Literature of British Columbia, which the Vancouver Sun calls “a celebration of 85 authors/survivors who have written about their harrowing and inspiring stories.” As The Georgia Straight writes, Twigg “he worries that the world is gradually forgetting about this uniquely obscene event with …
Tomorrow morning (January 14th) at 10:00am PST, the Ninandotoo Society will be livestreaming a virtual program for Black Excellence Day, in partnership with the Burnaby School District. More than 10,000 people from school communities throughout BC are coming together virtually for the first-ever Black Excellence Day, and the VHEC’s very own Lillian Boraks-Nemetz will be …
Watch Lillian Boraks-Nemetz share her childhood experience as part of the Claims Conference #ItStartedWithWords campaign.
Lillian’s Mouth of Truth is featured in the Literary Representations of the Holocaust blog, which contains student research from the UBC course on German Representations of the Holocaust (GERM 426) in German literature and film taught by Dr. Uma Kumar in the CENES Department at the University of British Columbia. “With the 76th anniversary of the end of WWII …
A letter from Irene Watts regarding Out of the Dark Dear Lillian, A worthy successor to Ghost Children. I especially loved “For Marion” the Terezin poems and the Prague Poems. “Ghetto” means a lot to me. Be proud of yourself and hopefully ‘Ronsdale’ sells load of copies. Irene Watts http://www.irenenwatts.com/
The Fall 2021 issue of BC Bookworld includes a mention of Out of the Dark in a piece called “Holocaust Recovery” (page 5). Copies of the magazine can be found throughout the province or viewed online here.
Rob Taylor Read Local BC asked eight British Columbia poets to share with readers the writers they like to read. Lillian chose Joy Kogawa. I have always admired Joy Kogawa’s work, especially her novel Obasan and her poetry. Obasan inspired me to write about my childhood: the little girl in Obasan is incarcerated in a camp for Japanese Canadians during WWII, …
Below are some comments about Mouth of Truth from students at the University of Victoria. STUDENT 1 Mouth of Truth really resonated with me. As I read the book, I felt as if I was on Lillian’s journey with her. I was initially surprised that she was so open about the sexualized violence she experienced, but I appreciate …