Holocaust survivor and educator Noémi Ban to speak at WWU on March 8, 2017

Western Washington University’s Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity will host award-winning teacher and Holocaust survivor Noémi Ban from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8 in Arntzen Hall 100.

The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and pre-registration is required; reservations can be made at  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/noemi-ban-lecture-winter-2017-tickets-32000631751

Free public event parking will be available in lot 12A - formerly the “gravel lot,” but now paved - on South Campus.

Noémi Ban’s story is one of loss, tragedy, resiliency, hope, and inspiration. Ban lost her mother, grandmother and younger sister and brother in the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center, and worked at a bomb factory in a sub-camp of Buchenwald. After the Holocaust, she was a witness to the 1956 Soviet repression of the anti-communist uprising in Hungary.

Ban is the author of the book “Sharing is Healing,” and her experiences are documented in the 2007 film “My Name is Noémi.” She has received Honorary Doctorates from Western and Gonzaga University and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2010 Daughters of the American Revolution Americanism Award and the 2003 Washington Education Association’s Human and Civil Rights Award. Ban will be available for a question-and-answer session and book signing at the end of the event.

For more information on the lecture, please contact Courtney Baxter at Western Washington University’s Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at (360) 650-4000 or visit the institute’s website, https://wp.wwu.edu/raywolpowinstitute/noemi-ban-holocaust-survivor/