Join Jewish Federation of New Hampshire and Temple Israel Portsmouth for a Yom Hashoah Commemoration event with guest speaker, author and Holocaust survivor Janet Singer Applefield.

As a child survivor of the Holocaust, Janet Singer Applefield has touched hundreds of thousands of people as a public speaker spanning over 40 years. Her new memoir, Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust, shares her poignant journey as she triumphs over the darkest chapter of human history, rebuilding her life with resilience, inspiring hope, and carrying the enduring legacy of remembrance. Her book, “Becoming Janet,” is an engaging, emotional account of a 4-year-old made to navigate much of the Nazi occupation without her parents. Janet Singer Applefield takes the reader on a journey from the comforts of her pre-war Singer family traditions through her emotionally charged war-torn years of sadness, pain, love, secrecy, and resilience.