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Special event to be hosted at Annenberg center.
On April 20, at Los Angeles City Hall, Councilmember Paul Krekorian, together with co-host Councilmember Eric Garcetti, recognized the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and the Armenian Film Foundation for working jointly to preserve memories of survivors and other witnesses of the Armenian Genocide.
Mrs. Apfel, a pianist, plays Chopin's Valse de l'Adieu, (Farewell Waltz), which she played for her friends in 1942, at age 13, when saying goodbye to them. They were all running away to save their lives.
Gender: Female
DOB: March 3, 1929
City of birth: Bedzin
Country of birth: Poland
Ghettos: No
Went into hiding: Yes
Other experiences: Hid in: Angoulême (France), Le Puy (France)