Tag: 2021

“How I Went From Fact to Fiction” Interview with Dr. Seret, New York University Lifelong Learning Webinar, Hosted by Alicia Kubes

This is the first book in the Transylvanian Trilogy series by author and CALA instructor Roberta Seret. About the Book: This historical novel Introduces Mica at seventeen-years-old, when her parents are plotting to bring down Ceausescu as he comes to power. They are arrested and she realizes she will be next. In the middle …

“From Romania to Auschwitz to New York: The Hecht Family” Film and Discussion, Wagner College, Staten Island, Zoom event moderated by Dr. Roberta Seret

An international student from Romania, Rebeca Zoicas was inspired by meeting Auschwitz survivor Stefania Hecht to make a short documentary film. The film follows Stefania’s story from where she grew up in the northern part of Romania (then part of Hungary), to Auschwitz and a work camp in Czechoslovakia and …