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Publication and Speaking Engagements


For many years after publishing On the Run, Bert spoke at all manner of events, not just the initial book signings, but a wide array of venues including schools, synagogues, community centers, libararies, and more. After so many decades of silence, he felt compelled to share his story and its lessons directly. 
Bev and Bert signing books and greeting readers at a book release event at Emory University. Bert at a speaking event, holding a Judenstern, the yellow badge that Jews were forced to wear throughout the Nazi-occupied Europe. Bert's life as a U-Boat (slang for Jews living "underground," pretending to be gentiles) began the day he cut off his Judenstern. Bert speaking to an audience at the Scranton, PA Jewish Community Center in 2002. Bert and his wife Esther at an ORT alumni event. Bert with his wife Esther and other members of the Georgia Holocaust Commission, meeting with then-Governor Nathan Deal. Bert and his granddaughter Rebecca at a Holocaust memorial candle-lighting event sponsored by the Georgia Commission for the Holocaust, of which he was a member. (2013)