HHREC MemoryKeeper Story Hour: Renee Pessin

Renee Bronner Pessin will appear on Zoom to share her story as a descendant of two Holocaust survivors. Renee’s mother Helen was the only survivor of her immediate and extended family of more than 50 people In Poland. Her father Sam, along with one brother were the only survivors of their large immediate and extended family. Having met while imprisoned in concentration camp during the atrocities of the Holocaust, Helen and Sam found each other after being separated during the War. They married soon after liberation. Eventually, they immigrated to the USA to start a new life.

Renee will share excerpts from her mother’s video testimony to the Shoah Foundation and family pictures saved through the horrors of the Holocaust.