Lillian appeared in The Jewish Independent this week after a presentation by Senator Murray Sinclair at the University of British Columbia on the impact of residential schools: Vancouver author Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, a board member of the Korzcak association and a child survivor of the Holocaust, contextualized the lecture in the spirit of Korczak’s legacy. Korczak …
Lillian spoke to Grade 11 and 12 students during the 12th annual School District 43 Holocaust Symposium Nov. 6 at Coquitlam Alliance Church in Coquitlam. From The Tri-City News: Author and creative writing instructor Lillian Boraks-Nemetz was just six years old when her life was changed forever. It was 1939, when the Germans invaded Poland …
The World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants (WFJCSH&D) is holding its 31st Annual Conference in Vancouver, BC, November 1 – 4, 2019, at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel. Lillian will be facilitating a panel on Creative Literary Response to the Holocaust Experience. There will be five panelists, including Vancouver …
Gerry Chidiac’s, piece about the wounds that human atrocities leave on children, appeared in The Prince George Citizen and Troy Media: “In many ways, Mouth of Truth: Buried Secrets by Lillian Boraks- Nemetz, is ground-breaking. As a child survivor of the Holocaust, Lillian experienced the confusion and pain of a world that made no sense. …
Lillian will be speaking at a A joint international conference hosted by the School of Education at Seattle Pacific University and the Janusz Korczak Association of the USA. Lillian will be speaking at Seattle Pacific University. https://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/programs-events/362-more-from-our-partners Session 19: Literary Salon 2, Otto Miller 119, 4:35 – 5:35 PM on August 23. Seattle Pacific University …
Lillian is one of 40 survivors of the Shoah in British Columbia to feature in a new exhibit at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. Faces of Survival, by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Marissa Roth, will be shown at the VHEC (50 – 950 W 41st Ave, Vancouver) from now until June 2019.
Lillian was the keynote speaker in Abbotsford before to 700 students on May 15 as part of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre’s 6th Annual Symposium on the Holocaust. She was also on a panel following the talk with historian Sebastian Huebel. The audience of young people was very engaged and asked intelligent questions. Special thanks to Cathy …
The following is a talk Lillian gave at the British Columbia Legislature on May 10, 2018 On behalf of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada. A big welcome to Janet Austin, the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Distinguished Guests, Since it is in the spirit of Korczak’s ideology that all our work is done …
Guernica Editions in Toronto has just released a new PR sell sheet for Mouth of Truth in PDF. Follow this link to view it.
From The Jewish Independent, December 1, 2017: The event was moderated by Kit Krieger of the UBC faculty of education, who is also an Honorary Life Fellow of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. It featured a moving presentation by local author, JKAC board member and child survivor Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, who described Korczak as “my father’s …