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Ursula Flicker served as Archivist at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (then, the Jewish Holocaust Centre) until the early years of the 21st century. During that time, she presided over a growing collection of artefacts and testimonies and was the driving force behind the museum’s archives. A survivor of the Holocaust, Ursula was motivated by a desire to record and preserve, the better that we can impart the experiences of Melbourne’s survivor community and pay tribute to those, like Ursula’s sister, who were murdered during the war. In this remarkable memoir, published posthumously, Ursula recounts her family’s prosperous life in pre-war Bialystok, the immense suffering they experienced in Siberia during the war, and her postwar migration – together with her mother – to Australia. A story of resilience and of incredible tenacity in the face of loss, the Melbourne Holocaust Museum is honoured to launch this book and to pay tribute to its author.

This event will feature short addresses from Ursula’s daughter Helen Forgasz, Director of the Lamm Library’s “Write Your Story Program” Adele Hulse, and former CEO of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum Jayne Josem. Helen will be in conversation with Dr Simon Holloway about her mother’s legacy, and there will be an opportunity to purchase copies of the book.