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Port Jefferson Students Virtually Welcome Holocaust Survivor
Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg spoke about her experiences as a child when Nazis occupied her hometown in Eastern Galicia.

Press release from the Port Jefferson School District:
Oct. 20, 2021
Earl L. Vandermeulen High School welcomed Holocaust survivor Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg to speak about her experiences as a child when Nazis occupied her hometown in Eastern Galicia (now Ukraine).
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Social studies teacher Bryan Vaccaro’s class virtually met Elenberg Eisenberg — a volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — as she spoke of her personal history of hardship and fortitude, including a daring escape from her family’s home and her father’s subsequent death in a labor camp.
The class discussion enabled students to gain a better perspective on this important moment in history.
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