For the 36^th year, ADL’s Mountain States Region will host its Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program, one of the largest such events in the United States. The program allows Coloradans of all faiths to come together to honor Holocaust survivors, remember those who perished, educate the community about this horrible crime against humanity and translate those lessons into contemporary action. The event will take place at Temple Emanuel in Denver from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

Free tickets are available by visiting https://2017ghrp.eventbrite.com or by calling our ticket hotline at 303-830-2460. 

This year’s program features keynote speaker Dr. Hana Berger Moran, one of the very youngest Holocaust survivors. The miraculous survival of Hana and her mother, Priska, in the final days of the Holocaust is detailed in the best-selling book Born Survivors by Wendy Holden (www.wendyholden.com). Born in a concentration camp weighing 3.5 pounds, Dr. Moran will share details of her remarkable survival under the most extreme circumstances imaginable, life growing up in post-war Eastern Europe and her escape while pregnant with her own baby to Israel and then to the United States. A trained chemical engineer and pharmacologist, Dr. Moran’s message focuses on the responsibility to give back to the community, including a mandate for health authorities worldwide to facilitate treatment to those in the most critical need.

The program includes a memorial ceremony and has traditionally featured a special Message to Colorado from CO Governor John Hickenlooper. Winners of ADL’s “A Tribute to Moral Courage” student essay contest will also be recognized.

ADL is grateful to Mountain States Regional Board Members Justin Borus, Dan Feiner, Cheri Rubin and Linda Schatz for chairing the program.

ADL thanks the following event sponsors (as of 3/3/17):

• The Feiner Family Foundation
• Michael and Debbie Feiner
• The Curtiss-Lusher Family
• JEWISHcolorado

Special thanks to Dr. Paul Docktor, Spectrum AV and Temple Emanuel.