The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will recognize Holocaust Remembrance Day at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, in Davies Center’s Woodland Theater on campus.
Jodi Thesing-Ritter, director of the Center for EDI Training, Development and Education
The event coincides with the national recognition calendar and is a way for the campus and community to show the importance of remembering the persecution and mass extermination of Jews by the Nazi regime in Germany, says Jodi Thesing-Ritter, director of the Center for EDI Training, Development and Education.
“Hosting the Holocaust Day of Remembrance at UW-Eau Claire is important because it serves as a solemn reminder of the atrocities of the Holocaust, educates students and the community about the dangers of hatred and discrimination, and fosters a commitment to promoting tolerance, empathy and human rights,” Thesing-Ritter says. “It also honors the memory of the millions who perished and provides an opportunity for reflection and commemoration.”
Dr. Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will be the keynote speaker on the topic of “Jewishness: Art for Identity, Art for Healing.”
UW-Eau Claire students involved in the research of Dr. Harry Jol, professor of geography, will display their research posters and talk about their participation in an International Fellows-funded program focused on using ground penetrating radar to locate Holocaust mass execution trenches and burials in Latvia and Lithuania. The research is highlighted in the documentary by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paula S. Apsell, “Resistance: They Fought Back,” that premiered in April and spotlights the Jewish resistance during World War II.
