Engagements

Greta introduces Holocaust education through art at various venues.

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“The Future of Holocaust Education”

Yeshiva University Panel Discussion (2019)

Greta is one of the presenters of the ongoing educational program for university students.

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Holocaust Education Through Art

Greta introduces “Holocaust Education Through Art” to elementary students at Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School, November 2019

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Greta presents at a holiday party, December 2019

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Wallenberg Square Re-Dedication Ceremony Speech

April 23, 2017

Greta was a guest speaker and witness to the work of Raoul Wallenberg, who saved countless Jewish lives in Budapest, including her mother and sister, during the Holocaust.

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New York State Assembly Citation April 2017

Greta is given recognition by the state of New York for her contributions to the community.

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Greta teaches at Viennese high school Reiner Gasse Gymnasium, 2015

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AN EVENING OF ROSES: Poetry, Music & Memory

Poetry/Music Performance (2014)
Jointly presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum New York
and the Austrian Consulate General New York

Accompanied by Eric Kramer on the Bösendorfer piano, Greta read from her touching poetry leading the audience through an intimate experience about love, passion, and life.

 

“Let the Bells of Peace Ring” The Annual Interfaith Peace Gathering
Commemorating the Hiroshima / Nagasaki Atomic Bombings (2013) 

Greta, one of the presenters, reads pieces of her poetry.

Other special guests included:

  • Pete Seeger, American Folk Singer, music composed specially for this event

  • Tomiko Morimoto West, Hibakusha (Hiroshima survivor)

  • Shinji Harada, Recording Artist and Hiroshima Peace Culture Ambassador

  • StacyLyn Bennett, Soprano

  • Rikako Asanuma, Pianist

  • Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin, Shakuhachi flute player

Greta lectures at the Frauenkirchen Commercial Academy in 2011.

Frauenkirchen was Greta’s mother’s hometown. She was the first Holocaust survivor to speak at the Commercial Academy.

 

Other Teaching Engagements

Museum of Jewish Heritage, Greta is a volunteer, speaker, and member of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City since 2009

Lasting Impressions, college student conducted multiple video interviews with Greta about her life, preparing a document for StoryCorps, located at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., 2020

Gaudiopolis, a play about rescuer Gabor Sztehlo. As one of the people rescued by him, Greta was part of the staff who engaged with students in Vienna, 2018.

Name Not Numbers, high school students interviewing Holocaust survivors to create a video, 2017

Witness Theater, engaging with school children for a whole semester to learn from the Holocaust survivors about their experiences and create a play, 2016

Other Contributions

Greta was a trained interviewer for The Shoah Visual History Foundation founded Steven Spielberg, 1995-1997