Title: From Generation to Generation, the Legacy Continues…an Event Honoring Holocaust Survivors, Rescuers, Liberators, and their Descendants
Date: Sunday, June 8, 2014 Time 10:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
This event will celebrate the legacies of Holocaust Survivors, Holocaust Rescuers, and WWII Liberators. Participants will include members of these three groups, their children and grandchildren as well as the general public. The program will provide networking and assistance opportunities for Holocaust Survivors from agencies such as SelfHelp and Blue Card.
This event will celebrate living witnesses to the Holocaust and, according to Generations of the Shoah International (GSI, the world’s largest Survivor association), is unprecedented for the east coast. Numerous organizations are helping to promote this program, including United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Association of Holocaust Organizations, Claims Conference, GSI, American Jewish Committee, Hadassah, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Association of Holocaust Survivors from the Former Soviet Union, American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants, Jewish Community Relations Council, and 3GNY.
Keynote speakers will address the conference audience followed by break-out sessions which will consist of educational presentations, historical films, author and book discussions, eyewitness testimony, special exhibit displays, and pedagogical resources.
In addition to educating the public about the history of the Holocaust, one of the primary goals of this conference is to provide opportunities, services, and friendship to Survivors that are without relatives or resources. Thus, special efforts will be made to bring isolated and indigent Survivors to the event and help them connect with our Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center to cultivate relationships and community.
For additional information, please contact:
Beth E. Lilach, Senior Director of Education and Community Affairs
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center
Welwyn Preserve
100 Crescent Beach Road
Glen Cove, NY 11542
Ph. 516.571.8040 x 105
bethlilach@holocaust-nassau.org