Margaret’s Legacy: Honouring Holocaust Survivors Through Film

Events & Culture | Article Published in SHE DOES THE CITY by Kortney Shapiro

May 4, 2016

As I got off the phone with Danna Horwood, I felt as though I had just ended a conversation with a friend I had known for years. Danna, a Hamilton native and mother of three, has the energy of a hummingbird, and I could feel her warmth emanating through the phone.

After speaking for some time, I mentioned to Danna that we share a distinct commonality that has helped shape our passion for educating others, rooted in the legacies we have been given. We share a common thread, spun into the very fabric of our history: we are both grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. Beginning today, Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) will be commemorated globally. Danna then invited me to attend the Yom Hashoah program in Hamilton, and I happily accepted. I will also be running a program during the week in Toronto with my grandmother, who will be sharing her story with high school students.

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