Fred Zimmak presents „Wir sollten leben.“ Ein Gespräch mit Fred Zimmak, Sohn eines Riga-Überlebenden
Wednesday 18. January 2023 19:00–21:00
Tschaikowsky-Saal, Tschaikowsky-Platz 2, 20355 Hamburg
https://www.kz-gedenkstaette-neuengamme.de/en/events-in-german/calendar/2023/01/

"We should live." A conversation with Fred Zimmak, son of a Riga survivor
Fred Zimmak was born in Sweden in 1951. His father Leonhard Zimmak, born in 1907, was deported from Hamburg to the Jungfernhof camp in Riga on December 6, 1941. In March 1942, the SS shot almost 2,000 people from the Jungfernhof camp in a mass murder operation. Among them were Leonhard Zimmak's wife Else and their son Denny, who was only a few months old. Leonhard Zimmak survived several camps. On May 1, 1945, he was rescued by the Danish Red Cross along with other prisoners from the “Nordmark Labor Education Camp” in Kiel, and taken first to Denmark and a little later to Sweden. There he met his second wife Grete.
In an interview, Fred Zimmak reports on the life of his father and other family members, as well as the persecution and deportation. He also gives insights into his own life, his research and his commitment.

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