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Join the Apex Welcoming and Belonging Committee for a viewing of Big Sonia, a documentary featuring the life of Sonia Warshawski, one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors, with special guest Regina Kort, Sonia's daughter. The event will be hosted on Tuesday, April 7th from 12:00-2:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Public Library - Plaza Branch in the Truman Forum. More about Sonia - Standing tall at 4’8″, Sonia Warshawski (91) is one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Kansas City and one of the only survivors there who speaks publicly about her wartime experience. Sonia’s enormous personality and fragile frame mask the horrors she endured. At 15 she watched her mother disappear behind gas chamber doors. Sonia’s teenage years were a blur of concentration camps and death marches. On liberation day, she was accidentally shot through the chest, yet again miraculously survived. Sonia is the ultimate survivor, a bridge between cultures and generations. Her story must never be forgotten. Learn more about the film here: https://bigsonia.com/about/