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UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH
A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance

Events - 2010

Speaking Engagements with author Michael Bart

Events - 2010

  • AGENCY FOR JEWISH EDUCATION
    Author Lecture with Michael Bart
    San Diego, CA
    March 14, 2010
  • Michael Bart made an author presentation and signed copies of his book for the students participating in the April 2010 March of the Living journey to Poland and Israel. During a weeklong trip to Poland, teens from over 40 countries commemorate Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day by participating in a silent march between Auschwitz and Birkenau. Another week is spent in Israel where the teens celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut-Israel's anniversary. This memorable experience is open to juniors and seniors in high school and occurs in April/May of each year.

    Lecture & Book Signing
    March of the Living
    Agency for Jewish Education
    San Diego, CA.



  • CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL - Men's Club
    Dinner Forum With Michael Bart, Author
    San Diego, CA
    April 21 at 6:30 p.m.

  • Michael Bart was the guest speaker at Congregation Beth Israel's dinner forum. His PowerPoint presentation was about his parents' experiences in the Vilna ghetto and their membership in the Partisans of Vilna, Nekamah unit.

    Michael was awarded the prestigious Christopher Award for 2009 in the adult book category. Past winners of the award include Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List, and Elie Wiesel. Michael also received an award for Best Biography at the 2009 San Diego Book Awards. He has been nominated for the Sophie Brody Medal, a national award given by the American Library Association. Michael has chaired the San Diego's Community Holocaust Commemoration since 2005.

    Congregation Beth Israel
    Congregation Beth Israel
    Congregation Beth Israel
    La Jolla, CA
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  • TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
    Yom HaShoah
    April 12, 2010
  • Michael Bart, son of Tifereth Israel members Zenia Lewinson-Bart and Leizer Bart, (Of Blessed Memory), was the guest speaker at Tifereth's Yom HaShoah program speaking about his experiences growing up a child of Holocaust survivors whose parents' were partisan fighters.

    Tifereth Israel Synagogue
    USCJ
    Tifereth Israel Synagogue
    6660 Cowles Mountain Boulevard
    San Diego, CA 92119
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    Lecture & Book Signing
  • CONGREGATION SONS OF ISRAEL
    Spring Gala Dinner
    Briarcliff Manor, New York
    May 15, 2010
  • Michael Bart spoke about his book and presented, Ben Levin, a former Partisan of Vilna member with a honorary award for his lifetime of accomplishments, which includes the fight for Vilna's liberation from Nazi occupation, his arrival in Palestine on the Altalena and his fight in Israel's War of Independence. Ben Levin is pictured on the left kneeling with a rifle. The photo was taken on July 14, 1944, a day after Vilna's liberation.

    After the formal program attended by 150 CSI members, a book signing table was set-up for Ben Levin and Michael Bart to sign copies of Until Our Last Breath. The guests enjoyed a night of cocktails, dinner, and dancing.

    Lecture & Book Signing Lecture & Book Signing Lecture & Book Signing
    Congregation Sons of Israel
    Congregation Sons of Israel
    Briarcliff Manor, New York




    Lecture & Book Signing
  • SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
    Guest Lecture
    Arts & Letters Building
    July 28, 2010
  • Michael Bart was a guest lecturer in Dr. Lawrence Baron's History 440 Holocaust class. He presented a 1 hour & 40 minute PowerPoint lecture with Q&A on Jewish resistance in the Vilna ghetto and in the forests of Lithuania. His presentation included his parents' experiences in the ghetto, as members of the Partisans of Vilna, and their participation in the Nekamah battalion.

    San Diego State University
    San Diego State University
    5500 Campanile Drive
    San Diego, California




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