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J o h n F. K y n e s - H i l l s b o r o u g h C o u n t y B a r A s s o c i a t i o n
holocaust survivor shares Childhood
Memories living in nazi germany
at diversity Membership luncheon
at luncheon, lanse scriven named 2017 outstanding lawyer;
yld awards Presented
“the opposite of love is not hate,
it’s indifference.”
— holocaust survivor elie wiesel
O
tto Weitzenkorn, born in
1928 to Jewish parents in
Mayen, Germany, lived a
rather idyllic childhood.
His father proudly served in the German
army in World War I, and he later operated
a successful retail business. The family was
well respected in the small German town
in which they lived, and they often went on
ski vacations.
But, in the 1930s — as Germany’s
economy faltered, as anti-Semitism
escalated, and as Adolph Hitler and the Nazi
Party came into power — life forever
changed for Weitzenkorn and his family, and
ultimately the world.
Weitzenkorn, father of Tampa attorney
Joan Wadler, shared some vivid memories of
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Diversity Committee co-chairs Victoria Oguntoye and Tim Martin join Judge
Claudia Isom and special guest Otto Weitzenkorn and his daughter Joan Wadler.
his childhood in Nazi Germany with HCBA members at the Diversity
Membership Luncheon on Jan. 10.
This year, the luncheon speakers focused on the issue of hate
crimes, both yesterday and today.
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