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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Holocaust Survivor, Magda S., Speaks at Seattle University


Holocaust survivor recounts her life during WWII
Magda Shaloum endured Auschwitz and Muhldorf, meeting her husband shortly after

Seattle University Spectator By Richard Kaiser
Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Photo: Candace Shankel The Spectator

Magda Shaloum was joined by her son Jack to speak in Pigott auditorium. Shaloum is a member of the Speaker’s Bureau of the Washington State Holocaust Resource Center.

With support from her son and cane, Magda Shaloum makes her way up the stage and the spotlight settles on her. She settles into her seat, she adjusts her sleeve buttons and pulls her skirt closer to her feet. She looks down, then forward to an eager au- dience as she begins to tell her story.

Shaloum is a Holocaust survivor who came to Seattle University on behalf of the university’s Jewish Student Union (JSU) April 21 in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day earlier this month. Magda shared her experiences from life in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Muhldorf, a slave labor camp in Bavaria, Germany... Read full article

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  1. The link to the rest of this article ( http://www.su-spectator.com/news/holocaust-survivor-recounts-her-life-during-wwii-1.1433162 ) does not work. Could you please re-instate it?

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