Fern Zagor: "Resistance, Resilience and Hope: My Holocaust Journey of Discovery"
In an Oct. 21, 2020 virtual seminar for the Wagner College Holocaust Center, Fern Aaron Zagor discussed her recent trip to Poland and Lithuania, with images tracing her parents’ roots and Holocaust experience. She talked about what she had learned about resistance, resilience and hope. Fern was joined by her aunt, Estelle Glaser Laughlin, author of "Transcending Darkness: A Girl’s Journey Out of the Holocaust" (Texas Tech University Press, 2012).
Fern’s mother, Frieda W. Aaron, with her sister Estelle and their mother, survived the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the Majdanek death camp, and other labor camps. Fern’s father, Sol Aaron, escaped the Vilna ghetto and fought with the partisans, including his friend Abba Kovner.
Fern Aaron Zagor, LCSW, of Fern Zagor Consulting LLC, has served as president and CEO of the Staten Island Mental Health Society. Fern is a member of the Chai Society of Wagner College, which supports the Holocaust Center, and recently participated in our program at I.S. 2, Youth Stand Up to Hate, in collaboration with the Staten Island District Attorney's Office.
