Book Launch - �Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation�

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Sunday, June 10th, 2018
2:00 PM

Claire Sicherman will speak about her book, “Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation” on Sunday, June 10 at 2:00 pm at Congregation Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3. This event is sponsored by the Emanu-El Adult Education Team. Books will be available for purchase for $20 cash.

Claire Sicherman grew up reading Anne Frank and watching Schindler’s List with almost no knowledge of the Holocaust’s impact on her family. Her grandparents didn’t talk about their experiences and her mother grew up in Communist Czechoslovakia unaware she was even Jewish.

When her son nearly died at birth and her grandmother passed away, something inside her snapped. While she had always felt weighted down by unknown hurt, she suddenly suffered from chronic health conditions. Her heart held a grief so large it seemed to encompass more than her own lifetime – and she determined to find out why.

The Founding President of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Dr. Robert Krell, calls Imprint a “thoughtful book, a powerful and helpful read for anyone dealing with the consequences of a painful past.”