Rabbi Sruly Brook (second from left) recently accepted a donation from The Savings Bank as a sponsor of Chabbad of Wakefield’s Evening with Holocaust Survivor Helga Melmed. Raichelle Kallery (left), President and Chief Executive Officer; Craig MacKenzie (second from right), Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer; and Denise Carbone (right), Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer recently presented the donation.
Helga, a 97-year-old survivor of the atrocities of the Holocaust, was sent to Auschwitz forced labor camp and survived the death march to Bergen-Belsen. The evening provided an opportunity for attendees to hear firsthand the story of her survival and resilience.
