Speaking
A story audiences travel through together.
Julie’s presentations move between family history, humor, grief, discovery, and the astonishing consequences of ordinary people choosing to help.
Featured presentation
The Doll That Brought Us Home
A first-grade school assignment becomes an unexpected passage into Julie’s Jewish family history—and a story about the German archivists and citizens who carried that history back to her.
- Family silence and inherited trauma
- The human scale of Holocaust history
- Memory as an act of dignity and repair
- The lasting power of small acts of kindness
- Practical encouragement to preserve family stories now
Good fit for
Communities that value memory and human connection.
Libraries & historical groups
An accessible, deeply personal route into public history and family archives.
Jewish & interfaith communities
A story of Jewish memory, loss, remembrance, and unexpected repair.
Schools & civic organizations
A vivid lesson in curiosity, kindness, family storytelling, and moral responsibility.
The story was so compelling and delivered with such passion, we all went on the journey with her. You can’t help but be inspired and believe in the goodness of people.
Larysa Bemko