Holocaust survivor will appear in two QC presentations

A Holocaust survivor will make two appearances in the Quad Cities, according to a news release from the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities.

Sol Nayman will speak at "Surviving the Parallel Holocaust" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Rock Island Public Library.

He also will appear when the program is held again at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at Scott Community College Urban Campus, Community Room, 101 W. 3rd St., Davenport.

The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities and the Rock Island Public Library invite the public to the free programs.

Nayman is a Holocaust survivor from Poland. He was born in 1935, and his older sister was born in 1928. When the war came in 19239, everyday life in their village was turned upside-down. The family escaped into the forest, where they saw Wehrmacht's trucks and troops roll through and destroy what was in their path.

From the there, the Naymans managed to trace a path to the eat, eventually making their way to the Soviet Union. Once there, they had to deal with wartime conditions in that nation, and they were forced into the vast reaches of Siberia, where the parents toiled away for many yeas.

As the war drew to a close, they made their way back to the wet, to Ukraine and eventually German, where they found themselves in the Wetzlar Displaced Persons Camp. Her life slowly came back to a state of relative normalcy, and after several years the family managed to emigrate to Canada.

Now retired, Nayman is active in Holocaust education, and a participant n the March of the Living.

For more information, contact the Jewish Federation at 309-793-1300 or email here.

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