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Guest Speaker(s)
Jay Sommer
Event Sponsor(s)
Bennett Center for Judaic Studies
Originating Office
Bennett Center for Judaic Studies
Date
4-23-1996
Campus Location
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theater
Description
“Born in Czechoslovakia, Mr. Sommer’s experiences, discussed in his recently published autobiography in riveting detail, includes his escape from a Nazi labor camp just before he was to be sent to Auschwitz and his subsequent involuntary service in the Soviet Army. Arriving in the U.S. with a limited education and virtually no knowledge of English, he went on to become the 1981 “National Teacher of the Year,” an award presented to him at the White House. Jay Sommer currently serves as Professor of Foreign Languages at Long Island University.”
Publisher
Fairfield University
Place of Publication
Fairfield, Conn.
Original Format
Paper; color illustrations; 11 x 17 in.
Repository
Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections
Copyright
Fairfield University reserves all rights to this resource which is provided here for educational and/or non-commercial purposes only.
Citation
Sommer, Jay, "Journey to the Golden Door - A Survivor's Tale" (1996). Bennett Center Poster Archive. 6.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/6