Štetl Fest 2026

Barbora Dočkalová presented her book, The Placzek Family: Rabbis, Scientists, and Witnesses to History, during the Štetl Fest. Barbora covers several generations of Placzek, starting with Abraham, and ending with today's descendants. The book is well researched and beautifully written and illustrated.

My sister, Catherine, and I are leaving Paris this morning after an amazing experience in Brno, Czech Republic, where we laid Stolpersteine (memorial stones for the departed) in front of the house where my father was born in 1932. Catherine, our childhood friend Sylvia and I were invited to stay in my father's home during the Fest, which made the...