FOLSOM, Calif. — A 97-year-old Holocaust survivor will speak Thursday in Folsom.
Margot Goldberg will speak about her experiences as Nazis rose and took power in Germany through the 1930s and 1940s. It's set for 7 p.m. at the Folsom Community Center on Natoma Street, according to the Chabad Jewish Community Center.
Presale tickets are $20 per person and student tickets for $5 are purchasable provided a student ID is shown, according to Rabbi Yossi Grossbaum. The limited number of tickets at the event’s door cost $25 each.
Cristina Mendonsa, a AM radio reporter for News 93.1 KFBK in Sacramento, will host the event.
Goldberg lived in Dusseldorf, Germany, on “Kristallnacht,” or “The Night of Broken Glass,” in November 1938 when Nazis stormed and ransacked her home, arrested her father and deported him to a concentration camp, Grossbaum said.
During Kristallnacht, Nazis killed 91 Jews; deported 30,000 Jewish men to concentration camps; destroyed 7,000 Jewish businesses and burned 900 synagogues, according to the Public Broadcasting Service.
Goldberg’s parents managed to obtain exit visas but ultimately could not escape Germany, Grossbaum said. Her parents found space for her on the organized “Kindertransport,” an effort saving 10,000 Jewish children from concentration camps, he said.
“Margot's father took her to the train station to say goodbye,” Grossbaum said. “She never saw him, her mother or most of the members of her family again.”
She later discovered her parents died in concentration camps, according to the Chabad Jewish Community Center.
“I encourage everyone who can -- young and old -- to come hear this remarkable person tell her incredible story of courage, faith, and survival,” Grossbaum said.
