Elon Hillel hosted Holocaust Remembrance Day Tuesday, April 20. Members of the Elon community, including Malvina Niemierko, right, read the names of Holocaust victims from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. on the front steps of Moseley. Details...
Approximately six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, including 1.5 million children. Around forty members of the Elon community, including Hillel students, will be reading names of these victims outside of the Moseley center.
Additionally, Elon Hillel has received a Soref grant from Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Life. This money will pay for t-shirts which contain information about the Holocaust and will be worn by members of Hillel, Spectrum and Catholic Campus Ministry, both organizations representing groups that were persecuted by the Nazi’s. Additionally, Spectrum and CCM are helping to sponsor publicity and presentation of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
This year’s Holocaust Memorial is Hillel’s way of remembering all who died in the Holocaust and to further educate the Elon community.