Wednesday, March 29, 2017
From Auschwitz to Iowa City: An Evening with Michael Bornstein, 66PhD
A SPECIAL UIAA 150TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM
When: 7 p.m. (CDT)
Where: Main Lounge, Iowa Memorial Union
The lecture, Q&A, and book signing are FREE and open to the public
Michael Bornstein survived for seven months inside Auschwitz concentration camp, where the average lifespan of a child was just two weeks. After the war, Michael reunited with his mother—who had been deported to an Austrian labor camp—and together they immigrated to New York City in 1951. Michael earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1966 and worked in pharmaceutical research and development for more than 40 years. Now retired, Michael lives with his wife in New York City and in New Jersey, making public appearances to share his experiences as one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. He’s finally telling his story through lectures like this and through his memoir, Survivors Club.