Nesse Godin  

Nesse Godin is a survivor of the Shauliai, Lithuania Ghetto, the Stutthof
Concentration Camp, four labor camps and a death march. She has dedicated
her adult life to teaching and sharing memories of the holocaust. Nesse has
the ability to translate the Holocaust into a personal glimpse of this
enormous and horrifying drama.

She has appeared  before a variety of audiences including the Naval Academy,
West Point Military Academy, the department of  Defense, the Department of
Energy, numerous Schools, Churches, Synagogues, Civic groups and Teacher's
Conferences. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is fortunate to
have  Nesse Godin as a member of their Speaker' bureau.

Nesse is the President of the Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Friends of
Greater Washington. She is also on the Board of Directors and Founding
Member of several Holocaust Survivor groups. Nesse 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 Nesse 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 by three
different organizations- B'nai B'rith Women, Naamat USA, and Amit Women
Birah Chapter.