BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20181114T003000Z UID: 68c75d5750ca8 DTSTAMP:20250914T192703Z LOCATION:Moline Public Library DESCRIPTION:Steen Metz will speak about his life experience in advance of the uedbetÌåÓý¹ÙÍø performance of the opera "Brundibar." This children's opera by Jewish Czech composer Hans Kr¨¢sa was written in 1938 but was not performed until 1942 when it premiered at the Vinohrady Jewish Boy¡¯s Orphanage in the Prague ghetto. \;\n\nMetz and his family were arrested and deported to the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp from their home in Odense\, Denmark. He was 8. Some 15\,000 children passed through Theresienstadt. He is one of fewer than 1\,500 who survived.\n URL;VALUE=URI:/about-us/events/2018/my-story-surviving-holocaust SUMMARY:My Story: Surviving the Holocaust DTSTART:20181114T003000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR