An afternoon with Eddie Jaku

Tickets sold out in record time for Holocaust Survivor Eddie Jaku’s talk at the Sydney Jewish Museum on Sunday 30 August.
Growing up Eddie identified as ‘German first and Jewish at home.’ Yet, with the rise of Nazism, he was subjected to discrimination including his expulsion from school in 1933. On the night of Kristallnacht, Eddie was severely bashed by a group of Nazis and sent to Buchenwald.
In 1942 Eddie’s family was sent to a camp in Belgium and from there to Auschwitz where Eddie’s mother and father were both murdered. In 1945 the camp was liquidated. On the march from Sonneburg, Eddie hid in a drain and thereafter in a cave, before been rescued by the Americans.
Today he considers himself to be “the happiest man alive” and constantly promotes his messages of tolerance, understanding, love and friendship.
Eddie has received hundreds of letters from both students and adults, telling him what an unforgettable impact he has made on their lives. Some of these poignant letters were read out at the event.
It was a very moving and emotive afternoon and we are sure Eddie gained many new ‘followers’.