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Regular library hours resume on Friday, January 2, 2026.

A Conversation with Steen Metz: Surviving the Holocaust

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Program Type:

Presentation

Age Group:

All Ages
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will close on January 17, 2026 @ 1:45pm.

Program Description

Event Details

On October 2, 1943, eight-year-old Steen Metz and his family were forcibly taken from their home in German-occupied Denmark to the desolate Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. 

Join us as Steen Metz recounts his powerful story, to ensure that the horrors of the Holocaust are neither forgotten nor repeated. 

Copies of his book, A Danish Boy in Theresienstadt, which will be available for purchase at the event by cash or check.

Registration is requested for this event. 

Photos of Steen Metz as a child and adult
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