A photo exhibit of Holocaust images and a presentation by survivor Dr. Vera Goodkin will highlight observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 22, at the Mercer County Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center.
Photographer Jerry Casciano’s exhibition Surviving the Plan contains 20 photos that were taken in the ruins of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and the Warsaw Ghetto, along with photos of 10 survivors — all of whom are New Jersey residents. The photos are scheduled to remain on display through Sept. 1.
Guest speaker for the event is Goodkin, professor emeritus at Mercer County Community College who escaped the Holocaust with the help of famed rescuer Raoul Wallenberg.
Goodkin and her parents fled to Budapest, Hungary, after they were betrayed in their hiding place in Czechoslovakia in 1944. Their trek to Budapest led them through muddy fields on a cold, rainy night. They ultimately survived only with the help of Wallenberg, a Swiss diplomat who is credited with saving as many as 100,000 Jews during the Holocaust.
The lecture is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. at the Center, located on MCCC’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road, on the second floor of the Library Building.
The lecture is free and open to the public, with two hours of professional development credit available for educators. Registration is online at education.state.nj.us/events.
More information is online at mccc.edu/holocaust.
