102: There Was No One Left to Speak For Me with Anna Scheumann
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🗓️ 28 January 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Host Reed Galen is joined by Anna Scheumann, who sits on the board for both 3GNY, a non-profit founded by the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and the New Cracow Friendship Society, a non-profit international organization established by survivors of the Holocaust from Krakow, Poland and carried on by their descendants. In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, they discuss the history of the Holocaust through the lens of Anna’s grandfather’s experience, who was a Holocaust survivor, and examine the current state of anti-semitism that continues to plague our nation and threaten our democracy.
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| 0:42.6 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gailan. Today, I'm joined by Anna Schumann. |
| 0:49.1 | She sits on the board for both 3G and Y, a nonprofit founded by the grandchildren of Holocaust |
| 0:54.9 | survivors and the new crack out friendships aside, a nonprofit international organization |
| 1:00.8 | established by survivors of the Holocaust from crack out Poland and carried on by their descendants. |
| 1:05.9 | In addition to her nonprofit work, she spent time in the fields of publishing, |
| 1:09.8 | production, and as currently following in her grandfather's footsteps, he was a beautician |
| 1:14.3 | as a makeup artist and wardrobe stylist. You know, I think we could probably use your help |
| 1:18.2 | with Rick Wilson on the breakdown. He's got a lot of forehead. I mean, a lot acres of it. |
| 1:23.8 | Anyway, Anna is coming to us from her home in New York. Anna, welcome to the show. |
| 1:28.2 | Thank you so much for having me. So this week on Thursday the 27th will be Holocaust |
| 1:35.0 | Remembrance Day. And I want to talk a little bit about the nonprofit work you're doing. But first, |
| 1:40.5 | I want to hear about your background and some history. So let's get into it. So obviously, |
| 1:44.0 | 3G and Y's third generation in New York of Holocaust survivors. So tell us how you got into this |
| 1:49.9 | in a little bit of background and how you came to be doing this kind of work. So both of my mothers, |
| 1:55.2 | parents, and her maternal grandmother are Holocaust survivors, as you mentioned from a crack out |
| 2:00.9 | Poland. And I have always been surrounded by that community. I grew up going to the New Crackout |
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