Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) will host its annual Holocaust memorial events March 23–26 on the Lee Campus, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Dr. Talbot Spivak Holocaust Memorial. Organized by the Dr. Talbot Spivak Holocaust Memorial Committee, the four-day program will feature guest speakers, faculty lectures, student research presentations and special exhibits honoring Holocaust remembrance and education.
The featured speaker will be Steen Metz, a 90-year-old Danish Holocaust survivor, who will share his story of survival in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp during a virtual presentation. Additional guest speakers include Dr. Paul Baxa of Ave Maria University and Cody Rademacher of the Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center in Naples, along with a panel of second-generation Holocaust survivors.
The program will also include a pop-up museum exhibit and a World War II-era boxcar on loan from the Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center…