Educator Leon Bass Speaks at the 2008 Facing History Benefit Dinner

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Educator and Holocaust witness Leon Bass was honored at Facing History and Ourselves' 2008 Chicago Benefit dinner for many years of speaking for the organization.  Bass captivated the audience with recollections of life in Jim Crow America and the pain created by his experience as a witness at Buchenwald, which he hid for many years. Bass is introduced by Margot Stern Strom.

Video length
32 min 42 sec
Other location
Chicago, IL
Date filmed
Apr 22 2008