Watch the 2023 program video here.

The ADL Mountain States Region is pleased to announce that the 2023 Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program will once again be held in person, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at Temple Emanuel in Denver, CO with a livestream option.

Register here.

The Program allows people of all faiths to come together each year to honor Holocaust survivors, remember those who perished, educate the community about this horrible crime against humanity and translate those lessons into contemporary action.

Thank you to our generous primary sponsors:

The Curtiss-Lusher Family

Michael and Debbie Feiner and the Feiner Family Foundation

JEWISHcolorado

The M.B. Glassman Foundation

MDC/Richmond American Homes Foundation

University of Denver

This year’s program will feature a conversation with Holocaust Survivor Paul Galan. Paul  is a native of the former Czechoslovakia.  Through a series of unusual circumstances and an extraordinary amount of luck, he and his immediate family members – although separated from one another – all survived the war. Paul immigrated to the United States as a teenager and spent his career in film production. On his retirement in 2006, he decided to put his skills as a communicator towards disseminating the memory and the legacy of the Holocaust by sharing his own story of survival during that dark period in history with student as well as adult audiences. He also produced several video projects dealing with the Holocaust. Paul is a member of the Board of Trustees and currently co- president of the Holocaust Museum and Study Center located at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY.

Read our interview with Paul here. 

The program will also include remarks from Governor Jared Polis, a presentation to the winners of ADL’s A Tribute to Moral Courage Student Essay Contest, the chanting of the El Maleh Memorial Prayer and more.

Click here to watch this year’s event

I cannot attend but would like to donate to this important work!

Register for the Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program at https://support.adl.org/GHRP2023. There is no cost to register.

View our list of community partners and honorary host committee members (coming soon!)

Register here. Please visit the ADL Mountain States Regional website during Remembrance Week, April 16-22, for special educational content, including a video message from five Colorado Holocaust survivors and more.

You are also encouraged to stay connected with us on Facebook and Twitter. 

Click here to watch the recording of last year’s Program.