Urgent need: The number of students turning to the Purple Apron Food Pantry has doubled this semester—and demand is expected to double again. Help ensure no Hunter student goes hungry while pursuing their goals. Give to the Purple Apron Food Pantry.

Events / Students /

  • This event has passed.

Tehran Children

Oct 6, 2021 | 1:00 pm
RSVP
Share
Mikhal Dekel’s father, Hannan, far left, one of the Tehran Children. (Photo by: Estate of Rivka Benyamini)

Mikhal Dekel’s father, Hannan, far left, one of the Tehran Children. (Photo by: Estate of Rivka Benyamini)

Robert Seltzer 2021-2022 Lunch Lecture Series Presents:

Tehran Children: How a Decade Long Search in My Father's Footsteps Became "One of the Greatest Untold Stories of the Second World War"

Presented by: Mikhal Dekel

It is a largely unknown fact most Polish Jews who escaped Nazi extermination - nearly a quarter-million - survived in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran and India. Unearthing the past, while tackling memory politics in the present.

Mikhal Dekel, whose then twelve-year-old father was such a refugee, will share her decade-long archival research and global travel to retrace their 13,000-mile route.

This event will be held online via Zoom.

 

Audience
Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Faculty, Alumni, Community
Organization/Sponsor
Jewish Studies Center
Submit a Hunter Event
get your event listed
Campus Map
explore our campus
Hunter on Demand

Enjoy virtual lectures, discussions and readings by members of Hunter’s distinguished faculty.
Join Us