THE BREMEN MUSEUM: BEARING WITNESS: PENINA BOWMAN

Posted by Layla on May 3, 2015 in LECTURES | Leave a comment

Penina Bowman is an Auschwitz Survivor from Romania who married an American GI. Her handmade wedding dress is currently on display at in The Breman’s Absence of Humanity Exhibition. Free Admission to the 2014-2015 Bearing Witness Series is provided through a generous gift from The Sara Giles Moore Foundation.

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Penina Bowman during the video presentation of her story

Penina Bowman during the video presentation of her story

Penina with her son

Layla and Penina Bowman

Layla looking at Penina Bowman’s handmade wedding dress out of parachute fabric given to he by her fiancee before he returned to the USA