Join the League of Women Voters for the Community Forum, “Learning from History: Kristallnacht”  featuring John Rosenberg on Thursday, May 26, 2022 from 7-8PM ET. 

In Nazi Germany, Kristallnacht, or the  "Night of Broken Glass" refers to the night of Nov 9-10, 1938, when Nazi soldiers stormed through towns destroying Jewish synagogues, businesses, schools, hospitals and homes injuring and killing Jewish civilians.

Mr. Rosenberg witnessed this night. He is a Holocaust survivor, narrowly escaping on one of the last ships to leave Holland with refugees. He arrived in the United States with his family on February 22, 1940.  His story is featured in the book “This Is Home Now”, a compilation of experiences of Holocaust survivors in Kentucky, authored by Kentuckian Arwen Donahue.

Mr. Rosenberg is the Director Emeritus of Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky, Inc (Appalred). Appalred Legal Aid provides free legal services to low-income and vulnerable people in eastern and south central Kentucky. He currently advises and serves on a number of non-profit Boards dedicated to social and racial justice concerns.