Auschwitz: Preserving a Place of Terror

Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Wojciech Soczewica, Director General of the
Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation
Interviewed by club member Michael Traison

 

 

Lunch@65West invites you to join us when the Union League Club of Chicago and The Standard Club welcome Wojciech Soczewica, Director General of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. 
 
During this timely, webinar Director General Soczewica will be interviewed by club member Michael Traison.  They will discuss the physical enormity of Auschwitz-Birkenau (20 separate camps), the events that occurred there, its continuing importance in contemporary life - especially in light of last year's global increase in anti-Semitic attacks, and the mission of the Foundation to preserve Auschwitz-Birkenau for future generations. 
 
This program is presented in collaboration with the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Anti-Defamation League, Chicago Loop Synagogue, Decalogue Society, Jewish Federation of Peoria, Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, and the Jewish United Fund.