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SONIA WEITZ (bio)

Sonia Schreiber Weitz is a Holocaust survivor, a poet, an educator and a human rights activist. Born in Krakow, Poland, she survived the Krakow Ghetto and five Nazi camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Sonia is the co- founder and Education Director of The Holocaust Center Boston North, Inc. Through her everyday actions, her written and spoken word, she continues to challenge, encourage and inspire her audiences. Sonia dreams of a world “where there are no more victims nor victimizers and, above all, no more bystanders” -- which she so eloquently expressed in an interview with Katie Couric on the NBC Today Show.Sonia is the recipient of Doctor of Humane letters Honoris Causa from Salem State College and has been recognized with numerous international awards. She is a Presidential Appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council. She is the author of The Poetry of Sonia Schreiber Weitz and the memoir I Promised I would Tell.

SONIA SCHREIBER WEITZ (resume)

Education Director: The Holocaust Center, Boston North, Center for the Study of Human Rights., 82 Main Street, Peabody, MA 01960; 978-531-8288; www.holocaustcenterbn.org978-531-8288 www.holocaustcenterbn.org

BACKGROUND: Born Krakow, Poland

Holocaust Survivor: Krakow Ghetto Plaszow Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen Venus-Berg Mauthausen

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1981 – Present: Founder and Co-Director: Holocaust Center Boston North, Inc, Center for the Study of Human Rights

1979 – Present: Teacher Training Institutes, “Facing History and Ourselves”

1980 – Present: Lecturer: Human Rights Awareness Programs for public, private and religious schools, colleges and civic organizations

1982 – Present: Coordinator: Clergy Conferences; Police/Superintendents/Media Seminar; Human Rights Days; Interfaith Teen Projects; Holocaust Survivors Workshops

1980 – 1985: Teacher: Salem State College and other educational institutions

2002: Presidential Appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council

RECOGNITION: Salem State College, Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa; ADL Interfaith Award; United States Congress; Hadassah Myrtle Wreath Award; B’nai B’rith Woman of the Year State of Israel, New Life Award; Facing History and Ourselves Humanity Award; Sonia Weitz Annual Human Rights Award, St. John’s Prep; JFCS Everyday Hero Award; Voices of Humanity International Award; HCBN Justice and Human Rights Award

AUTHOR: The Poetry of Sonia Weitz, I Promised I Would Tell

CONTRIBUTOR: The Unconquered Anthology

Sonia Weitz Bio & Resume

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