New German ambassador hosts Survivors

OWN CORRESPONDENT

This event, held in collaboration with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC), was a first in South Africa. Eighteen survivors accepted the invitation to lunch.

Guests were treated to a three course meal and each had the opportunity to speak to the ambassador personally. The ambassador emphasised how meaningful this event was to him as he spoke to, among others, 97-year-old survivor Madeleinė Lopato who presented him with a copy of her memoir.

Maud Perlov, another survivor, also presented the ambassador with a book which provided a biographical account of his family’s experiences.

Romanian survivor Lyonell Fliss encompassed the importance of this event for all involved as he thanked the ambassador and his wife in the name of all the survivors, for their gracious and warm hospitality.

Pictured: German Ambassador Walter Lindner and his wife Laura, with Holocaust survivors and volunteers of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre at the ambassadorial residence in Pretoria.