Fern Ruth Levy: Speaking Engagements, Courses, and Articles

Fern R. Levy is a Cleveland-area educator and journalist who is diversified in her knowledge and expertise. She integrates her interests and talents to present topics and perspectives in Holocaust history to audiences across all ages, religions, and ethnicities. There is much to admire among the courageous and much learn about humankind from those who were lost, those who survived, and those who risked all to protect.

Ms. Levy offers her skills as an educator and speaker to present to your audience. She is available to speak in a variety of settings such as houses of worship, schools, book clubs, and other community locales or social functions. She is currently offering "Miep Gies and Anne Frank: Friendship and Moral Courage."

In addition to speaking engagements, Ms. Levy is available to teach courses focusing on different perspectives and topics within Holocaust history.

Ms. Levy has written several articles for publication and welcomes requests for more.

In addition to her presentation "Miep Gies and Anne Frank: Friendship and Moral Courage," Ms. Levy offers other topics about Holocaust history and the Frank family:

Miep Gies’s early life in Vienna and Holland

Miep Gies and Christian rescuers in the Netherlands during the Holocaust

Righteous Among the Nations (Hasidei Umot Ha-Olam) in Europe

Muslim Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust

Jewish life in Frankfurt, Germany, pre-WWII

Otto Frank’s friendship with Nathan Straus, Jr., the son of a co-owner of Macy's and head of the U.S. Housing Authority

Anne Frank as a mature woman writer

religious life of the Frank family including Anne’s beliefs in God

myths about Anne Frank and her family disseminated by the play and the movie from the 1950s

Feel free to contact Ms. Levy about her offerings. She will work with you to plan for the interests of your audience.

Upcoming Events

"The Life of Anne Frank" is a forum that will take place on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. The forum will start at 7:oopm and feature Buddy Elias, Anne Frank's cousin and childhood playmate and president of the Anne Frank-Fonds (foundation)in Basel, Switzerland. Mr. Elias's wife Gerti will also be present. Introductory remarks will be made by made by Rev. Dr. Otis J. Moss, Jr. The forum will serve to commemorate the 85th birthdays this year of both Anne Frank and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Featured Presentation

Miep Gies referred to herself as "an ordinary woman" while Yad Vashem the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem recognized Miep and her husband Jan as "Righteous Rescuers Among the Nations." Indeed she was much more than ordinary, and there is much to admire about Miep Gies as we realize the true nature of her extraordinary moral courage for hiding the Frank family. In her presentation "Miep Gies and Anne Frank: Friendship and Moral Courage," Ms. Levy will engage her audience in a meaningful dialogue about the Holocaust, an appreciation of the friendship Miep and Jan had with Anne Frank and her family, and the little known similarities between Miep and Anne's early lives. For more information or to request a presentation, please contact Ms. Levy.

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