Council on Aging Programs

The Council on Aging holds monthly educational programs on the second Thursday of each month (except in July and August) at the O’Connor Senior Center at 2:30 pm. All programs are free and open to the public. 

Thursday, April 11, 2:30 pm

Finding Schifrah

Sonja DuBois will tell her story of finding herself after her family was murdered in Auschwitz when she was only a small child.

Sonja DuBois was born in Rotterdam the Netherland.  Her birth name is Clara Van Thijn. When the Nazi troops invaded the country in May 1940, her parents and extended family were deported to the infamous concentration camp Auschwitz, and were murdered. She became an orphan in 1942, and was under the age of 2. She lost her Jewish identity.  Her life long struggle to learn of her heritage was realized when she published her memoir “Finding Schifrah.”