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Hillsborough County Medical Association MEMBERSHIP DINNER
Roslyn Franken Author, Speaker, Survivor
“Meant to Be: A True Story of Might,
Miracles and Triumph of the Human Spirit”
In Meant To Be, author Roslyn Franken reveals the unforgettable true story of her parents, John and Sonja Franken - two unlikely survivors of World War II.
While John, a young Dutch naval recruit in the Dutch East Indies, is captured at
sea by the Japanese and must fight for his life as a POW, Sonja is taken by the Nazis from her home in The Netherlands to endure the horrors of Auschwitz and other Holocaust concentration camps. Remarkably, John survives the Nagasaki atomic bomb and miraculously, Sonja escapes death in the gas
chambers on three separate occasions.
After suffering endless tests of faith and fortitude at the hands of their brutal captors, the war ends and the two are brought together in the most extraordinary of circumstances to rebuild their lives based on love, trust and commitment.
When Sonja is diagnosed with cancer and John suffers a massive heart attack, they triumph once again by call- ing on the same daring and determination that allowed them to survive the war.
When diagnosed with cancer at 29, Roslyn turns to her parents’ courageous examples of resilience as inspiration in her own fight to become a long-term survivor.
THE WESTSHORE GRAND 4860 W. KENNEDY BLVD.
TAMPA, FL 33609
6:30 PM ~ Social Hour 7:30 PM ~ Dinner & Program Spouse /Guest $50 per person
All Dinner Cancellations & Vegetarian Meal Requests MUST be received by Thursday, September 5th, 2019
RSVP to Kay Mills at KMills@HCMA.net or 813.253.0471 Sponsors:
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, TAMPA Sponsorship opportunities available—call 813.253.0471
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