Holocaust Survivor Reflects on His Experience

     Dr. Robert Heller, a Holocaust survivor and F.J. Maher Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech, will speak on the topic “A Survivor Remembers,” on March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Vaughn Chapel, Ferrum College.

     Heller will give a short history of Jews in Hungary, as well as describe the destruction of his family by the Nazis. He will take the audience back to his family’s capture and journey to the concentration camps, their eventual rescue, and the efforts to rebuild their lives in America.

     “Once again, Ferrum College has a unique, educational opportunity to hear directly from a Holocaust survivor--not only about his own and his family's experience but also about the importance of making us aware as a community of some of the lessons of the Holocaust,” said Dr. Marcia Horn, coordinator of the Holocaust team-taught course at Ferrum College.
Heller is hosted by Ferrum’s Holocaust course, which is offered each spring. The course seeks to educate Ferrum students on the overall tragedy and ultimate lessons of the Holocaust. Visits to campus by survivors personalize the Holocaust for students and community members who attend.

     In addition to hosting survivors’ stories, this year the Holocaust course also hosted a visit by The Mill Mountain Players, presenting And Then They Came for Me: The Story of Anne Frank.
 
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