35 Church Ln
Merivale, Christchurch 8014
New Zealand
We have been invited by the Canterbury Hebrew Congregation to an evening with Zeev (Tibi) Ram a survivor of Auschwitz.
Zeev (Tibi) Ram is a survivor from the Holocaust, he was born on December 3, 1930 in the town of Munkatch Czechoslovakia which was annexed to Hungary in 1940. His father and mother were 45 years old, his brother was 18 and he was 13 when they were all sent to Auschwitz Birkenau in May 1944. From there he was sent to a work camp in Silesia – Furstenstein Wistegiesdorf. In January 1945, he was sent on a death march to Bergen Belsen. His entire family perished in the Holocaust – his father at Bergen Belsen, April14, 1945 (the day before the British liberated the camp). His brother died in Bergen Belsen one day after liberation. He met his mother at Bergen Belsen after liberation. She was taken to a British hospital and disappeared. He never saw her again. Tibi came to Israel in 1948 and served in the IDF from 1948-1951. After his release he joined kibbutz Hazarim. In 1964 he returned to the IDF till 1967, reaching the rank of major. In 1958 he joined kibbutz Afikim and remains there to this day. He has 3 children and 2 grandchildren.
Please RSVP to Bettina Wallace (bbwallace@xtra.co.nz) as space is limited.
