Past Remembrance Events and Programs
2009
Alabama Holocaust Commission State Yom Hashoah Commemoration | Speaker: Governor Bob Riley
Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2009
10:30-11:30 a.m. | Days of Remembrance Commemoration | Location: Old House Chamber, State Capitol | Speaker: Governor Bob Riley
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Luncheon hosted by the Alabama Holocaust Commission | Location: "The Tunnel" (area connecting the Capitol and State House)
12:45-1:00 p.m. | Recognition by State Legislators, Holocaust Survivors Introduced | Location: House Chamber, Alabama State House Auburn University at Montgomery Holocaust Education Day | Speakers: Holocaust Survivors Max Hertzel and Max Steinmetz
Date & Location: Monday, 6 April 2009 | 9:30 a.m.-12:00 | Physical Education Complex on Campus
This event is open to the public and free of charge

Birmingham Yom Hashoah
Date & Location: Sunday, 19 April 2009 | 2:00 p.m. | Birmingham Museum of Art
The film, The Counterfeiters, will be shown, sponsored by Temple Beth-El Sisterhood, Birmingham Jewish Federation, and The Birmingham Holocaust Education Committee. Remarks and discussion led by Steven Brickman will follow.
The Counterfeiters (Rated - R): Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky / Drama-Thriller / German-English (with English subtitles) / 98 min / Starring Karl Markovics, August Diehl, and Devid Striesow. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. Synopsis: Based on the true story of the Nazis' foiled scheme to collapse the U.S. and U.K. economies by flooding America and England with fake currency, The Counterfeiters is told from the point of view of Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch, a Jewish master counterfeiter who was imprisoned in concentration camps and forced to lead the massive counterfeiting operation. Sorowitsch and his fellow imprisoned workers are forced to strike a balance between delaying the perfection of their phony bills (and trying to stymie the Nazi effort) versus preserving their own lives, which depend upon their Nazi overseers thinking that they are working as fast as they can to fabricate fake dollars and pounds. Also on the program for the Commemoration will be a candlelighting ceremony to honor the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust by Holocaust survivors and Second Generation members. This program is open to the public. Admission is free.  

Huntsville and North Alabama | Jewish Foundation of Huntsville and North Alabama Yom Hashoah | Speaker: Holocaust Survivor Max Steinmetz
Date & Location: Thursday, 23 April 2009 | 7:00 p.m. | ETF Auditorium of the Space and Rocket Museum, One Tranquility Base, Huntsville

Jacksonville State University Remembrance | Speaker: Holocaust Survivor Ruth Siegler
Date & Location: Monday, 13 April 2009 | 7:30 p.m. | Stone Center Theater, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville