A Forgotten Suitcase: The Mantello Rescue Mission

FEATURED SPEAKER
Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

In 2005, a woman living in Geneva, Switzerland, discovered a mysterious suitcase in her basement. Inside it were more than 1,000 World War II-era documents bearing the official seal of the Consulate of El Salvador -- each featuring the photograph of a man, woman, or child. Why were decades-old official papers of a Central American nation lying forgotten in a Swiss basement? Join the Museum to learn the remarkable story behind these documents, which relate to one of the largest yet least known rescue attempts of the Holocaust.

Chairs
Joan Himmel Freeman and Rickey Freeman

This program is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. Please contact the Museum's Midwest Regional Office at 847.604.1924 for more information or email midwest@ushmm.org.