July 27, 2025

On Sunday July 27, join the Sousa Mendes Foundation for a virtual panel discussion called, “The Daring Rescue of Denmark’s Jewish Community.” The panel begins at 1:00 PM U.S. Central Time. It is a free event, though registration is required.

You can register for the event here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/kR00IrS

This virtual event will take place in two parts:

• Fri.-Mon. July 25-28: you may view the film Voices in the Void at your own convenience on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.
• Sunday, July 27 at 1:00 PM U.S. Central Time: tune into the program with the distinguished panel of speakers. A link will be provided to all who register.

The panelists include Ellen Bari, the curator and project director of the exhibition on view at New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage, Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark; Therkel Straede, a professor of contemporary history at the University of Southern Denmark and expert on the 1943 rescue of Denmark’s Jews; and Steen Metz, a Holocaust survivor and friend of the Spungen Family Foundation. Steen was one of the few Danish Jews captured in 1943, after which he and his family were deported to Theresienstadt, where his father perished. Steen and his mother were later liberated from the camp by the Red Cross in 1945.

Read more about the event on the Sousa Mendes Foundation Website HERE.

 

[Above, left to right: Ellen Bari, Therkel Straede, and Steen Metz]