This education event is hosted in partnership with The Holocaust Educational Trust.

Join us at The Wiener Holocaust Library to hear the extraordinary story of Eddy Boas, a child Holocaust survivor who showed resilience to survive and navigate the challenges faced from the Holocaust.

“I was just three-and-a-half months old when Germany invaded Holland on 10 May 1940. With both my parents Jewish, my future looked bleak and the odds of me surviving were 6,000,000/1.”

According to Yad Vashem and Red Cross records, Eddy’s family of four (father, mother and two sons) entered Bergen-Belsen concentration camp together and, uniquely, emerged after 14 months an intact family unit. In 1954, Eddy began a new life in Australia, aged 14 speaking no English, a life filled with work, ingenuity, energy and entrepreneurship. With these, came an ability to incorporate life’s deepest challenges.

‘I Am Not A Victim, I Am A Survivor – The Extraordinary Story of Eddy Boas’ will be followed by a rare opportunity for the audience to directly ask a survivor question in a Q&A, making the afternoon a unique learning experience for students and adults alike.

Accompanying materials:

• The Holocaust Explained – Case Study, The Holocaust in the Netherlands
• The Holocaust Explained – Case Study, Bergen-Belsen Camp