Carleton to Commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day

Carleton College will observe Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a service and vigil on Monday, April 12 in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. The vigil, featuring a reading of victims’ names, will be held from 5 p.m. until midnight; at 6:30 p.m., there will be a short Jewish service, followed by a reading and talk by Fred M. B. Amram, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Creativity and Communication at the University of Minnesota. This event is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.

Amram is a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Germany who writes about his Holocaust experience, coming to America, and his life mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
color:black">as a bicultural American. Amram will read a short story about his early encounters with the Gestapo, and will speak about survivors of other genocides and the impact of genocides everywhere.

This event is sponsored by the Carleton College Office of the Chaplain. For more information, including disability accommodations, call (507) 222-4003.