DREW UNIVERSITY
Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study
Anne Frank died in the Holocaust. Come hear the story
of someone fortunate enough to survive.
Join us for a conversation with
Selma Tennenbaum Rossen
Hidden as a child during the Holocaust
Selma as a young girl
Selma today
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. ◦ Brothers College (BC) 101
Selma Tennenbaum Rossen, her sister Dr. Edith Tennenbaum Shapiro, her parents and one grandmother
survived the Holocaust in Poland by hiding in attics, cellars, and bunkers aided by individuals recognized
as righteous Gentiles, most notably Helena Skrzeszewska, who along with two friends hid the family on
their farm.
Selma was born in 1936 in Zloczow, in what was then Poland. Out of the approximately 10,000 Jews who
lived in Zlochow before the war, approximately 70 survived. Six of them were children including Selma
(now an engineer), her sister (now a psychiatrist) and Roald Hoffman who won the Nobel Prize for
chemistry in 1981.
The Tennenbaum family arrived in the United States in 1946 when Selma was 10 years old. She attended
Barnard College for her undergraduate work and completed graduate work in engineering at Stevens
Institute of Techonology. She recently retired as President and CEO of Hansome Energy Systems,
Linden, New Jersey.
Free and open to the community
For more information contact the Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study
973/408-3600
[email protected]
www.drew.edu/chs
Individuals needing special assistance should contact the Housing, Conferences, and Hospitality office at
973/408-3103 at least five working days prior to the event in order to insure appropriate arrangements