First-hand stories Holocaust Remembrance Day

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  Scott LaMar was formerly the Host and Executive Producer of The Spark program on WITF-FM, 89.5 & 93.3 in Harrisburg, Pa.
  
  Previously, LaMar was WITF TV’s Sr. Public Affairs producer and produced the station’s award-winning weekly public affairs TV program, Smart Talk.
  
  In addition to his on-air duties, LaMar moderated political candidate debates, including those for candidates running for Pennsylvania governor and the U.S. Senate and was a regular contributor to BBC World News TV before and after the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
  
  The American Society of Civil Engineers honored LaMar with their national Excellence in Journalism award in 2020. He has been nominated for five Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards.
  
  LaMar and The Spark have been recognized throughout the Central Pennsylvania community including ADVOZ Lancaster’s “Dignity in Dialogue Award”, the South-Central Assembly’s “Regional Citizen Award” and was named a “Humanitarian Hero” by The Humane Society of the United States/Pennsylvania.
  
  A native of Coatesville, Pa., LaMar has also worked as a broadcast news anchor, sports play-by-play announcer and manager.

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Linda Schwab joins Smart Talk on January 28, 2020.

Airdate: Thursday, April 28, 2022

Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the six million Jews and five million others who perished in the Holocaust before and during World War II. The Holocaust was Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s “final solution” to eradicate all Jews in Europe.

Today, there are fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors. Some 80 years later, it still is powerful to hear their stories of fear, pain and loss.

On Thursday’s Smart Talk, we hear one of those stories.

Linda Schwab was six-years-old when Nazis came to her village in Poland, forcing her and her family to flee. Eventually, Linda and her family lived in a cold, lice-infested cave for 18 months with little to eat to survive. Linda did live to describe her experiences and moved to Harrisburg and married.

Linda Schwab tells a story like you’ve never heard on Thursday’s Smart Talk.

Also on the program, Lancaster County author Carolyn Kleinman has written a unique novel related to the Holocaust. In Love, Faith, and the Dented Bullet, Kleinman writes about a Holocaust survivor who forms a bond with a Lancaster County Mennonite girl.

Carolyn Kleinman discussed the story on Thursday’s Smart Talk.