Jan. 17, 2007
Pellissippi State hosts early morning Holocaust observance
Pellissippi State Technical Community College’s Magnolia Avenue Campus and Adult Education Program are co-sponsoring a program in observance of the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The event is Jan. 25, 7:30-8:30 a.m., in the Community Room at the Magnolia Avenue Campus.The public is invited to join Pellissippi State students, faculty and staff in attending. The event is free, and a continental breakfast will be served.
Seating is limited, so reservations should be made by Jan. 22.
Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp of the Holocaust, a systematic extermination of millions of European Jews, Romanians, Slavs, intellectuals, homosexuals and political dissidents by the Nazis and their allies during World War II.
Henry Fribourg, a Knoxville resident, will discuss how he and his family escaped from France when he was a teenager in January 1942 and took refuge in Cuba. A question-and-answer session will follow if time permits.
Fribourg’s grandparents remained in France and were arrested in April 1944. His grandmother perished at Auschwitz on May 15, 1944.
In 2004, he published his memoir, “I Gave You Life Twice: A Story of Survival, Dreams, Betrayals and Accomplishments.”
“Remembering is so important,” said Tamela Wheeler, assistant coordinator and teacher for Adult Education at Pellissippi State. “We need to recognize that the Holocaust did not happen that long ago, and there are parallels today to the current genocide occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan.”
“Pellissippi State’s Magnolia Avenue Campus is dedicated to bringing relevant topics for discussion to the community,” said Rosalyn Tillman, assistant dean for the campus. “We welcome the entire community to come, not only to listen but to dialogue about this world-altering event.”
For more information or to reserve a seat, call (865) 329-3100.
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