Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Lizzie Westin of 3GDC
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
Release Date: 04/16/2021
Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Maya Hyman
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Maya Hyman, whose grandparents fled Poland together before World War II to seek refuge in Australia.
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Yevette Smith
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Yevette Smith, a 3G whose grandfather took a circuitous path from Europe to Chicago, where he found and married the love of his life.
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Adam Zimmerman
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Adam Zimmerman, a 3G who teaches a 7th grade Holocaust and Jewish Identity class at Temple Beth Ami.
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Shelley Rood Wernick
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
In a new episode, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Shelley Rood Wernick, a 3G who serves as Managing Director of the Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma at the Jewish Federations of North America.
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Andrea Goldstein
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
In a new episode of 30 Minutes With a 3G, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Andrea Goldstein, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust, about the stories she heard growing up and the importance of passing along that history to the next generation.
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Mike Salamon
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
In a new episode of 30 Minutes With a 3G, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Mike Salamon, the grandson of four Holocaust survivors, about his family's history, its impact on his work today, and his passion for helping others understand the true meaning of "never again."
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Laura Bakst, Part 2
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Laura Bakst, an attorney in D.C., about her grandparents’ lives in the wake of the Holocaust. After meeting at a displaced persons camp, her grandparents made their way to the United States, starting a family that served as a testament to their faith and perseverance. Laura also describes the immense impact of her grandparents’ experience on her own career, and explains her decision to document their lives in a book, The Shoemaker's Son. This is the second of two episodes with Laura.
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Laura Bakst
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
Just released! In the latest episode of 30 Minutes with a 3G, Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Laura Bakst, an attorney in D.C. Laura's grandmother and grandfather both survived the Holocaust, though each had very different—and harrowing—experiences. In this episode, Laura tells Mark about her grandparents' remarkable escape from antisemitic persecution and Nazi atrocities, which she documents in her book, The Shoemaker's Son. This is the first of two episodes with Laura.
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Jeff Robins
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
In our season three premiere, new host Mark Joseph Stern speaks with Jeffrey Robins, an attorney in the DC area. Jeff's grandfather was born in Poland and emigrated to the United States after surviving the Holocaust. In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss the impact of a survivor's story on their children and grandchildren; the investigative work that so many 3Gs undertake to uncover their family's history; and the urgent, continued need for Holocaust education. They also explore how Jeff's close connection to a survivor led him to a career in the law.
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Thirty Minutes with a 3G: Rachel Lipman of Loew Vineyards
3GDC Presents - 30 Minutes with a 3G
In this episode, we meet 5th generation wine maker Rachel Lipman who currently manages most aspects of the operations for her family vineyard in Mt. Airy, MD, started by her grandfather Bill Loew who is a Holocaust survivor. Prior to WWII, her family had established the first national meadery and beeswax production in Poland and Rachel has been able to dig up fascinating old documents corroborating the business' success and reach before the Nazis and Russians occupied the area. Rachel was kind enough to host 3GDC for a wine tasting event at Loew Vineyards in October, 2021 and...
info_outlineLizzie Gelernter Westin was born and raised in La Paz, Bolivia and has lived in the DC area since college. She currently lives in Potomac, MD with her husband, son, and daughter. She is proud to have been one of the founding members of DC Young Leaders Chapter of HIAS (although it is no longer active in that format) and has been active with the Refugee Committee of her synagogue because of her family's own refugee history. She works in the Enterprise Data Platforms team at FINRA.
In this episode, we explore Lizzie's grandparents' amazing escape from Nazi Europe to Bolivia, which was one of the few countries which welcomed Jews and happened to be home to some high profile Nazis after the war as well.