Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program

The Jacksonville State University Holocaust Remembrance began in 1982 as a project of the JSU Wesley Foundation. Over the years, attendance at the remembrance program has grown from a short event attended by 25 people to the current annual programs which often have an attendance of several hundred from the campus and surrounding communities. The annual Holocaust Remembrance is made possible by the JSU Holocaust Remembrance Committee in cooperation with the JSU Student Government Association. Faculty, students, and community members participate in order to remember Holocaust victims and in the hope that, through education, an event such as the Holocaust can be prevented from ever happening again.

Y 2009 PROGRAM

Date: Monday, 13 April 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Stone Center Theater, Jacksonville State University (Map to JSU)
Keynote Speaker: Ruth Siegler
Mrs. Ruth Siegler is a Holocaust survivor who was born in 1927 in Sinzenich, Germany. In 1942, she and her family were deported to the concentration camp at Auschwitz (Birkenau). Ruth and her sister were the only members of her immediate family to survive. They were liberated by the Russian Army and eventually emigrated to the United States. Mrs. Siegler currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama. | More Info

 

Y REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM ARCHIVES (1982-2008)

Contains information on past remembrance programs, including newspaper articles, photos, program flyers, and more.

 

Y IMAGINING THE HOLOCAUST WRITING CONTEST

This writing competition is open to Alabama junior high and high school students, and encompasses many kinds of writing, from essays to more creative approaches in poetry and fiction. Entries are due 1 March 2006, and prizes, including U.S. Savings Bonds worth $100, $75, and $50 will be awarded to the top three winners in each category. The top winners will also be invited to participate in JSU's annual Holocaust Remembrance program in April and are automatically entered in the Alabama Holocaust Commission's State Days of Remembrance writing competition.

 

Y CONTACT PROGRAM PLANNERS

E-mail program planners for information or questions about the annual Holocaust Remembrance program.

 

Y NATIONAL DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE

The national Days of Remembrance program observed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

 

Y HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR OWN REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM

Materials compiled by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to assist those wishing to plan a Holocaust Remembrance ceremony.