South Florida Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Inc.

  presents

  Meet the Author
Ann Helen Wainer

  Book and Author: Family Portrait: A Memoir of a Jewish Family During
the Holocaust by Ann Helen Wainer

  When: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Where:
Holocaust Documentation and Education Center
2031 Harrison Street
Hollywood, FL  33020  

  RSVP: Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Irina Daniel
at (954) 929-5690 or email irina@hdec.org.  

  Embedded in the images of an old photograph was a family history waiting to be revealed to Ann
Helen Wainer. Family Portrait documents Ann’s journey of discovery that led her to learn more
about the people in the photograph, and ultimately, about herself. Ann’s family, the Kuperwassers,
lived in Poland during Hitler’s rise to power and cautiously watched the events unfold in Nazi
Germany. Like other Jewish families at the time, they faced an uncertain future. On the eve of one
of the world’s greatest atrocities, the Holocaust, Ann’s grandfather gathered his clan for a family
portrait, one that would survive its subjects, who either perished in Nazi death camps, or
disconnected from the family. Amazingly, the photograph survived, as did the story of the
Kuperwassers. In this extraordinary memoir, Ann reconstructs her family’s story by means of
extensive research, countless interviews with family, friends, and other survivors, as well as from an
oral history recorded by an uncle. In the process, Ann discovered a lifetime of treasures in the
stories and information about her family.
This book may be purchased online at sites such as www.modernjewishhome.com and
Amazon.com. It will also be available for purchase after the presentation, when the author will
personally inscribe your copy upon request.