holocaust survivor to speak

Mon., Feb 25

On Feb. 25, Holocaust survivor Nesse Godin (right) will speak on campus. She survived the Shauliai, Lithuania, ghetto; the Stutthof concentration camp; four labor camps; and a death march. She will speak in the Adanti Student Center Ballroom at 7:30 p.m.

Godin has dedicated her adult life to teaching and sharing memories of the Holocaust. She has appeared  before a variety of audiences, including the U.S. Naval Academy; West Point Military Academy; the Department of  Defense; the Department of Energy; and numerous schools, churches, synagogues, civic groups and teachers' conferences. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is fortunate to have  Nesse Godin as a member of their speakers' bureau.

Godin is the president of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Friends of Greater Washington. She is also on the board of directors and a founding member of several Holocaust survivor groups. She served  on the Board of Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and is a board member of the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Community Council and many other worthy organizations. She has participated as a speaker for the Capitol Children's Museum of Washington, D.C.

Numerous awards and honors have been given to Godin, including the "Myrtle Wreath" by the Hadassah Council and the Chaim Solomon Freedom Medal by B'nai B'rith Argo Lodge. She has also received the Woman of Valor Award from three different organizations -- B'nai B'rith Women, Naamat USA, and Amit Women Birah Chapter.

For more information about her visit to Southern, contact Programs Council at (203) 392-5501 or Programscouncil@southernct.edu.