Touro Law to Host Aristides de Sousa Mendes Kristallnacht Remembrance Event
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Touro Law to Host Aristides de Sousa Mendes Kristallnacht Remembrance Event
November 12 Event, Movie Screening Open to Public
November 7, 2013Touro Law Center will host a Kristallnacht remembrance event on Tuesday, November 12 honoring Aristides De Sousa Mendes, the “Portuguese Schindler” at 6:00 pm. Sousa Mendes was a WWII diplomat who disobeyed orders of his government and granted visas out of occupied France to an estimated 30,000 refugees, including 12,000 Jews. This was one of the largest rescue actions by a single individual during the Holocaust. Touro Law Center Professor Dan Subotnik has helped organize this event. His parents were both rescued by Sousa Mendes.
“I’m personally invested in this story and this man,” said Professor Subotnik. “But I am sure that others will be captivated by him as well. He sacrificed everything, his family, wealth, career, and honor, to save others.”
Touro Law will host a reception at 6:00 pm followed by the screening of “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story” in the auditorium. Immediately following the screening there will be a panel discussion led by family members who were rescued by Sousa Mendes including: Dr. Olivia Mattis, Vice President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation; Hon. Jack Martins, New York State Senator; Hon. Paul Pereira, Deputy Mayor of Village of Mineola; and Margalie Rodriguez ’03, Nassau County Commission on Human Rights.
Saturday, November 9, 2013 marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass), a Nazi rampage against Jews throughout Germany and parts of Austria that is generally regarded as the beginning of the Holocaust.
Anyone interested in attending or in need of additional information should contact Jaclyn Curtin at (631) 761-7064 or by email at jcurtin@tourolaw.edu.
“I’m personally invested in this story and this man,” said Professor Subotnik. “But I am sure that others will be captivated by him as well. He sacrificed everything, his family, wealth, career, and honor, to save others.”
Touro Law will host a reception at 6:00 pm followed by the screening of “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story” in the auditorium. Immediately following the screening there will be a panel discussion led by family members who were rescued by Sousa Mendes including: Dr. Olivia Mattis, Vice President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation; Hon. Jack Martins, New York State Senator; Hon. Paul Pereira, Deputy Mayor of Village of Mineola; and Margalie Rodriguez ’03, Nassau County Commission on Human Rights.
Saturday, November 9, 2013 marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass), a Nazi rampage against Jews throughout Germany and parts of Austria that is generally regarded as the beginning of the Holocaust.
Anyone interested in attending or in need of additional information should contact Jaclyn Curtin at (631) 761-7064 or by email at jcurtin@tourolaw.edu.
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