Eva Olsson grew up in Hungary, born into a Jewish family in Satu Mare, Hungary. In 1944 when Nazi Germany occupied its Hungarian ally, Eva and her family were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Eva eventually landed in Belsen and remained there until the British liberated the camp in April 1945. There, she met her future husband. They eventually came to Canada, where they settled and raised their family.


Eva did not speak about her experiences for many years; in fact, it was only when her grandchildren were old enough – fifty years after the fact – that she began to open up, first to the grandchildren’s classes, and then to audiences all over Canada, and even at the United Nations.

Eva has a passion for social justice and her mission is to maintain the legacy and the memory of those that were murdered during the Shoah.

Find out more about Eva at her website EvaOlsson.ca

Order her book at Unlocking the Doors: A Woman's Struggle Against Intolerance.

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

RESOURCES:

Anti-Defamation League www.adl.org

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre; Toll Free 1-866-864-9735
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Tour for Humanity [email protected]
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Yad Vashem
Har Hazikaron
P.O.B. 3477
Jerusalem 9103401 Israel
Phone: (972) 2 6443400
Fax: (972) 2 6443569
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Museum of Jewish Heritage
https://mjhnyc.org

House of Anne Frank
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The Zekelman Holocaust Museum
Farmington Hills, Mich.
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