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Black Tie International:
Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual South Florida Tribute Dinner |
Mario Kreutzberger “Don Francisco”
Presented with Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2009 Legacy
Award by Gloria and Emilio Estefan
Photos by: Harvey Bilt
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Emilio Estefan, Mario Kreutzberger, Gloria
Estefan,
Rabbi Meyer May, Executive Director, SWC
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Consul General of Chile, Juan Luis Nilo, U.S.
Ambassador to Chile,
Jose Goni and Jorge Rosenblut
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Rabbi Meyer May, Jackie Nespral, NBC 6 news anchor,
Edie Laquer, and George Feldenkreis, SWC Trustee
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Miami FL— More
than 300 guests from around the world
attended Simon Wiesenthal Center’s South
Florida Annual Tribute Dinner, September 14
at the InterContinental Miami. The highlight
of the evening was the Simon Wiesenthal 2009
Legacy Award presentation to Mario
Kreutzberger, “Don Francisco” by Gloria and
Emilio Estefan.
Kreutzberger, renowned television host of
“Sabado Gigante,” one of the most popular
programs in the history of Spanish-language
television was honored for his commitment to
social responsibility, philanthropy, and
cultural diversity. In an emotional
acceptance speech, the television legend
paid tribute to his parents, German Jews who
fled Nazi Germany to Chile where he was
born. A three-minute clip from
Kreutzberger’s documentary, “Witnesses to
the Silence,” which follows him on the
“March of the Living” on the 60thanniversary
of the holocaust, bought many in the
audience to tears.
The celebrity-filled guest list included
Mario and Temy Kreutzberger, Gloria and
Emilio Estefan, Cristina Saralegui and her
husband Marcos Avila (Honorary Tribute
Dinner Chairs), NBC
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Anchor Jackie Nespral who emceed,
Rabbi Meyer H. May, Executive Director,
Simon Wiesenthal Center, U.S. Ambassador to
Chile, José Goni, Consul General of Chile,
Juan Luis Nilo and Consul General of Israel,
Ofer Bavly. Tribute Dinner Co-Chairs were:
Moj and Robert Danial, Maria and George
Feldenkreis, Fanny Hanono, and Isabel May.
Tribute Committee Chairs were:
Madeline and Herbert Hillsberg, Hildine and
Jerome Potashnick, Liora Haymann and Jorge
Rosenblut.
The program also included a
Medal of Valor presentation to the late
Gilberto Bosques. His grandson, Gilberto
Basques Tistler traveled from Mexico to
accept the award. Renowned
Chilean singer Alberto Plaza performed
Chile’s national anthem.
Proceeds from the Tribute Dinner will
benefit the programs and activities of the
Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of
Tolerance in Los Angeles.
To make a donation to the Simon Wiesenthal
Center,
please
contact
Linda Slavin, Director, Southern Region at
lslavin@wiesenthal.com
or 1-800-262-1627.
About Simon Wiesenthal Center:
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an
international Jewish human rights
organization with over 400,000 member
families.
It is an NGO at international
agencies, including the United Nations,
UNESCO, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.
Its Moriah documentary film division
has been the recipient of two Academy
Awards™ for Best Documentary Feature –
Genocide (1980) and The Long Way Home
(1997). For more information contact the
Center's Southern Regional office at
1.800.262.1627.
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