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The focus of Holocaust Memorial Week is to open people’s eyes to what has happened and what could happen if people aren’t careful and don’t fully inform themselves. Co-chairman of Holocaust Memorial Week Eric Weitzel says the theme of the week and for the three guest speakers at an open forum noon Friday in the Woodson Room of the Student Center will encourage students to remember what happened during World War II. Rosalie Schiff, a survivor of Oskar Schindler’s famed camp; Elliot Dlin, executive director of the Dallas Memorial Holocaust Center; and Posey McMillan, a Holocaust historian, will all speak about how the relevance of the Holocaust today. Students regularly hear the old cliché that if we don’t know the past we’re doomed to repeat it, but perhaps it has never been more true than in recent years with all the attempts of genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda. This is also very pertinent with the escalating and seemingly never-ending Israeli and Palestinian conflict. Last year, the week gained attention when flags, representing thousands of lives lost in the Holocaust, were removed from the campus lawn. The actions of a few indicated that the eyes of some may still be closed to the significance of the Holocaust. However, students shut their eyes to Holocaust Memorial Week in less obvious ways as well. They shut their eyes when walking past a display in the Student Center without a second glance. They shut their eyes when socializing instead of attending a guest lecture. They shut their eyes by not giving a moment’s reflection to the week. If you haven’t taken the time to participate in any of the Holocaust remembrance events so far this week, take some time to listen to the speakers Friday. Who knows, you might just learn a thing or two about the past. |
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