The Catskill Chronicle

Charlotte Elmowitz and the Vegliante Kids.

FALLSBURG – Charlotte Elmowitz, raised in Poland and survivor of the Holocaust, shared her story of surviving death camps as a child, losing her family, and emigrating to the United States in 1947 when she spoke to a meeting of the Fallsburg Lions Club on September 17.

Ms. Elmowitz spoke of the…Christian families who tried to protect victims of the Nazis from persecution and extermination. Her story was uplifting and important for the very young and old in the audience.

Lion members Ira and Jill Steingart came with their two elementary school children, and Lion Steve Vegliante had his junior and senior high school aged children there as well.

As Steve said, “It is important for the children to know what happened in the Holocaust.”