A World Erased: A Grandson's Search for His Family's Holocaust Secrets presented by Noah Lederman

This program is sponsored by the Holocaust Education Committee of the Quad Cities, the Rauch Family Foundation II and the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities.

Based on his book of the same title, this program traces the evolution of a young man's quest to uncover the stories of his grandparents’ harrowing past—a riveting journey through repressed memory, unspeakable trauma, and the landmarks of European genocide that led the author to a fresh understanding of his family's wartime past and his own identity.

A determined historian, dogged sleuth, and gifted storyteller, Lederman flecks his memoir with black humor and refreshing candor, illuminating how the horrors of the Holocaust are transmitted through the generations. Noah Lederman is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in such publications as: The Economist, the Boston Globe, the Miami Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Chicago Sun-Times, 

For more information, visit http://noahlederman.com/