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SUMMARY:Iowa Files: Celina Biniaz: Saved by Schindler's List
DESCRIPTION:Celina Karp Biniaz\, one of the last living survivors from Schindler's List and the only one who graduated from North High School and Grinnell College in Iowa.\n\n\n\nSandi Yoder\, Director of the Iowa Jewish Historical Society\, will share Celina's personal story\, which included nearly five years in the Krakow ghetto and the Plaszow labor camp\, the transfer to Auschwitz\, and her terrifying encounter with Dr. Josef Mengele before she\, her mother\, and the other women on Schindler's list were rescued by Schindler and were reunited with her father at Schindler's factory. In October 2023\, IJHS published Saved by Schindler: The Life of Celina Karp Biniaz\, a remarkable biography by well-known Iowa historian William Friedricks.\n\n\n\n \n\nPresented in partnership with the West Des Moines Public Library and with the support of the Friends Foundation of the West Des Moines Library\, the Iowa Arts Council and EMC Insurance. \n\n \n\nPrograms are in person and can be watched live on the WDMHS YouTube Channel  or our Facebook Page
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Celina Karp Biniaz\, one of the last living survivors from Schindler&rsquo\;s List&mdash\;and the only one who graduated from North High School and Grinnell College in Iowa.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sandi Yoder\, Director of the Iowa Jewish Historical Society\, will share Celina&rsquo\;s personal story\, which included nearly five years in the Krakow ghetto and the Plaszow labor camp\, the transfer to Auschwitz\, and her terrifying encounter with Dr. Josef Mengele before she\, her mother\, and the other women on Schindler&rsquo\;s list were rescued by Schindler and were reunited with her father at Schindler&rsquo\;s factory.</span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">In October 2023\, IJHS published Saved by Schindler: The Life of Celina Karp Biniaz\, a remarkable biography by well-known Iowa historian William Friedricks.</span><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#3C4043"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Presented in partnership with the West Des Moines Public Library and with the support of the Friends Foundation of the West Des Moines Library\, the Iowa Arts Council and EMC Insurance.&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#3C4043"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Programs are in person and can be watched live on the WDMHS&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@westdesmoineshistoricalsociety"><span style="color:blue">YouTube Channel&nbsp\;</span></a>&nbsp\;or our&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/WestDesMoinesHistoricalSociety"><span style="color:blue">Facebook Page</span></a></span></span><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:West Des Moines Public Library
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DTSTAMP:20260424T001555Z
URL:https://members.wdmchamber.org/events/details/iowa-files-celina-biniaz-saved-by-schindler-s-list-3465
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