On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, Monday January 27, 2025, is the 19th annual UN-designated International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
UNLV is proud to host an event that day, honoring victims, survivors and resisters of the Holocaust and of other genocides, and a discussion exploring the UN-designated theme for 2025 of “Remembrance and education for dignity and human rights.”
Monday, January 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30pm in Student Union 208.
The event will include a ceremonial program featuring remarks by Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley, County Commissioner Michael Naft and UNLV Executive Vice President and Provost Chris Heavey as well as a proclamation from Governor Joe Lombardo presented by the Nevada Governor’s Advisory Council on Education Pertaining to the Holocaust. Following the ceremonial program, we will have a discussion to consider “the significance of Holocaust and genocide education today.” Discussants are expected to include Professor Norma Flores, Professor John V White, Dr. Rafael Oganesyan, author Gene Greenberg, History graduate student Ael Hayes, Susan Dubin of the Holocaust Resource Center, and Heidi Straus of the Nevada Center for Humanity.
This event is hosted jointly by the Jewish Faculty and Staff Group and Hillel Las Vegas; with support from the Division of Diversity Initiatives, the Office of Student Diversity Programs, the Department of History and Jewish Nevada.
