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JGSGB EE SIG – 30 May 2021 2pm – with Warren Grynberg – “From Losice to London – A Story of Courage”

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Eastern European Special Interest Group (EE SIG) by Zoom.

• Date: Sunday 30 May 2021
• Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem
• Title: From Losice to London – A Story of Courage
• Speaker: Warren Grynberg
• Description: Warren’s talk centres around his father leaving the ghetto in the far east of Poland, onto Siberia and then joining the British Army.

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A and discussion on the talk.

About Warren Grynberg
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Warren Grynberg has been a London Blue Badge Tour Guide for the past twenty-four years. He previously worked in book publishing for many years and has written four London history books. At the age of nineteen he volunteered to go to Israel to help out during the Six Day War – and then volunteered to go into the Israeli Army. He was a magistrate for over fifteen years until age called for retirement. During his term on the bench, he dealt with cases ranging from speeding to speed and the illegal use of other such drugs.

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!

If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts. In particular, if you get stuck in a registration loop, you may want to upgrade the version of Zoom on your PC, but please email me and I can help you through this…

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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB EE SIG: "From Losice to London – A Story of Courage" by Warren Grynberg
When: May 30, 2021 02:00 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-2tqDsqH9Hpm2PZG27loBHwvizkguHT

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB


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