Eva Marks
Eva MarksHolocaust and the wife of Stan Marks.
Life
Born in
US. After the German invasion of Russia in 1941 she and her family were transported by the Russians to a Gulag in deep Siberia, followed by another one to Kazakhstan in 1943. She built up a new existence in Melbourne following her liberation
in 1947. Eva describes the story of her life in her book A Patchwork Life.
For decades she talked and lectured about her own and Jewish people's experiences during the
Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre in Melbourne for 17 years, for the Jewish Museum of Australia for 18 months, and was treasurer for three years of the Friends of the Holocaust Centre. Furthermore, she was a founding member of the Melbourne branch of the World Federation of the Child Survivors of the Holocaust
.
On October 28, 2010 Eva Marks was awarded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award.[2]
On January 27, 2020, Eva Marks died in Melbourne, Australia, survived by her family.
Merits
- Child Survivors Certificate of Merit by the Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre in recognition of the outstanding contributions made by Eva Marks
- Certificate of Recognition from Steve Bracks in recognition of her voluntary service for the Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre
- Certificate of Recognition from the Glen Eiracity in recognition of her many hours of voluntary service to the community
- Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award, October 28, 2010
Works
- A Patchwork Life (2002)
Internetsources
- Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre. Archived from the original(PDF) on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Award Ceremony". Austrian Service Abroad. 28 October 2010.
External links
- Book Review A Patchwork Life
- Eva Marks (Radio National)
- Friends of the Jewish Holocaust Centre. Archived 18 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 10 February 2015.
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