Vivian and Monroe spent childhood years in Cincinnati, after their family escaped from Vienna, Austria as the Nazis came to power. Monroe was just a baby when his father was arrested on Kristallnacht. Although his father was released after 12 days, this arrest became an additional and desperate signal to escape. Vivian was born after the family had settled in America. Vivian and Monroe will discuss their family history and what it has meant to grow up in shadows of the Holocaust.
