The Days of Remembrance run from the Sunday before Holocaust Remembrance Day (also known as Yom HaShoah) through the following Sunday. Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust to reaffirm our nation’s commitment to keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive. Patent and Trademark Office, who will provide welcome remarks. You will also hear from Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Since 2009, he has served as a volunteer at the U.S. He worked as a Guest Researcher at NIST from 1999 to 2009. He went on to a 42-year academic career in the fields of computer science and civil engineering. Upon his discharge, he studied under the GI Bill, eventually earning his doctorate. in 1950 and was drafted into the Army 18 months later. He was later transferred to Niederorschel camp and then to Buchenwald, where he was liberated by American soldiers in 1945. During his time in the camp, he became part of the resistance. Because he spoke fluent German, he was chosen to be an interpreter by the German Kapos. Fenves and other members of his family were deported to Auschwitz in 1944. His father’s publishing house came under censorship by the Hungarian dictatorship. His Jewish family was forced to sell its possessions and occupy a corner of its home while Hungarian officers took over the rest. Fenves was 10 years old when Axis powers invaded Yugoslavia in 1941. Army Veteran, and former NIST Guest Researcher, Dr. Participants will have the privilege of hearing from Holocaust survivor, U.S. A Swiss Red Cross nurse follows closely enters the German camp refuses to leave until the Nazis free her flock from the slaughter-bound deliver them into her. The Department of Commerce will present Hope in Uncertain Times: A Virtual Holocaust Remembrance Program on Thursday, Apfrom 11:30 a.m. Bells toll, Christian villagers turn their backs as French gendarmes herd 37 Jewish children onto a bus bound for Auschwitz. Holocaust Remembrance Day honors the six million Jewish men, women and children who perished as a result of Nazi persecution. and other allied troops liberated Nazi camps across Europe. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Guidance National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Guidance.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Guidance.National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Guidance.Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Guidance.International Trade Administration (ITA) Guidance.Economic Development Agency (EDA) Guidance.Government agencies involved in the identification and recovery of looted assets (including gold, art, and cultural property)as well as captured. Government during and after World War II that document Nazi war crimes, wartime refugee issues, and activities and investigations of U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Guidance NARA holds millions of records created or received by the U.S.Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Guidance.Deliver customer-centric service excellence.Fulfill constitutional requirements and support economic activity In the United States, Days of Remembrance runs from the Sunday before Yom Hashoah through the following Sunday.Holocaust Exhibition in Memory of Elie WieselĪll day: The Holocaust Exhibition showcases books, videos, mementos, and pictures from private collections and Hilton C. Musical selections include Daniel Hall’s hauntingly beautiful piece for choir and viola, “Reflections from Yad Vashem” Verdi’s “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” (Va Pensiero) Leonard Bernstein’s “Somewhere” from West Side Story American spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan, Sheldon Curry and Thomas Trenney a musical reflection for trumpet and choir inspired by Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Wilhousky’s famous concert arrangement of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” – Learn more. University Choir Concert: ‘We Will Remember….’ħ:30-9:30 p.m.: The concert commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day, and also honors the 100th anniversary of the founding of the New Haven Chapter of the NAACP. He will read from his grandmother’s 1957 book, The Unforgotten. ‘Days of Remembrance’ġ-2 p.m.: Professor Jason Stanley, Ph.D., Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy, Yale University, will share the largely unknown story of his grandmother Ilse Stanley’s heroic efforts to save more than 400 Jewish prisoners from concentration camps between 19, as well as her efforts to help many others escape from Germany. All events are free and open to the public. Southern will host three events in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, April 24, 2017.
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