Wednesday, December 16, 2015
12:00 noon

Lunch and Program

Guest Speaker: Henry Fenichel

On Wednesday, December 16th, NHS Hazak presented a lunch and program featuring Dr. Henry Fenichel, who spoke about a remarkable event that saved his life during the Holocaust. Attendees enjoyed a delicious lunch buffet of chicken salad and tuna salad, bread, tabouli salad, tossed salad, fruit and dessert.

After lunch and Birkat HaMazon, led by Rabbi David Siff, Dr. Henry Fenichel spoke about a remarkable event that saved his life during the Holocaust. In 1944, Nazi Germany agreed to exchange 120 Jewish Dutch prisoners from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp for British-held German Templers who had been living in Palestine. Henry Fenichel (age 6) and his mother were among those lucky prisoners who traveled by boat and train to British Palestine.

Henry showed part of a 1986 film, "Transport 222", which was co-produced by Belbo Film Productions, Israel Film Service, and NCRV-TV Holland. The film featured interviews with both Jews and Templers who survived. The Dutch Jews were settled in British Palestine, where they lived out the war. Henry eventually immigrated to the United States. Dr. Fenichel also showed a PowerPoint presentation that detailed his family history and events that led to his living in Cincinnati.

Photography by Gayna Bassin.

The lunch buffet.

Selections included chicken and tuna salad.

Cookies and hot apple crisp were for dessert.

Rabbi David Siff made some announcements.

Rabbi David Siff led Birkat HaMazon (Grace after a Meal).

Fred Zorndorf, Henry and Diana Fenichel reciting Birkat HaMazon.

Dr. Henry Fenichel began his talk and introduced a film, "Transport 222" which was about the event that saved his life.

Gini Pazner, one of the women interviewed in the film.

Henry Fenichel's parents' wedding photo, shown in his PowerPoint presentation after the film.

Building where Henry's family hid from the Nazis in the Netherlands: Eagle Villa child care center.

A slide of Atlit detention camp in British Palestine.

Henry lived in Neve Hayeled Children's Home in Nahariya, Israel.

Bea Goodman thanked everyone for coming.