Meng salutes a survivor centenarian

Rep. Grace Meng visited 100-year-old Shoah survivor Hanna Slome at Sloane’s home in Flushing, bringing with her a proclamation declaring Slome’s birthday “Hanna Slome Day” in the Sixth Congressional District.

Slome, a Czechoslovakia native, was  whisked from Nazi persecution to a new home in England aboard the Kindertransport in 1939. Nick Winton, the son of Kindertransport organizer Sir Nicholas Winton, visited Slome with Meng.

Slome immigrated to the United States at 19, settled in New York City and later married, becoming a mother to two, grandmother of seven and great-grandmother to 10 children.

The survivor has spoken to school groups about her life during and after the Holocaust and was active at Flushing’s Temple Gates of Prayer Congregation Shaarai Tefilla, a Conservative synagogue.

“I am proud to commend and recognize Hanna for a century of courage, service and inspiration,” the congresswoman said. “Her message of resilience and hope continues to inspire generations and will do so for many years to come.”