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We invite you and your school classes to an online talk with contemporary witness Dr. h.c. mult. Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde München und Oberbayern, Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria.Charlotte Knobloch was born in Munich in 1932. She survived the Holocaust under a false name with the family of a former domestic worker of her uncle's. Her father Fritz Neuland repeatedly led the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde München und Oberbayern (IKG) in the post-war period. In 1985 Charlotte Knobloch was elected President of the IKG – and has been repeatedly confirmed in office since then. From 1997 Charlotte Knobloch was Vice President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and from 2006 to 2010 its President. She is a determined fighter against antisemitism and campaigns for the promotion of Jewish life in Germany and other countries.