In Chicago Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto

In a few weeks we will observe the anniversary of the final liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto.

• Cantorial Music provided by Hazan Alberto Mizrahi of Anshe Emet Congregation
• Greetings: Union League Club President F. Michael Covey III
• The voice of a teenager in the Lodz Ghetto: Helik Lipschitz
• Remarks by the Consul General of the State of Israel, Roey Gilad
• There will be books and diaries available for purchase, displays of photos and film
• Polvision will broadcast a program on the Ghetto Liquidation in the weeks preceding the anniversary
• Light kosher refreshments will be available
• There is no charge for this event

The JUF, the Consulate General of the State of Israel, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, the Consulate General of Lithuania, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Consulate General of Ukraine, Haifa University, Father John Pawlikowski, the Illinois Holocaust Museum, Polish Museum of America, Anti-Defamation League Greater Chicago, Fundusz Michaela H Traisona dla Polski, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Polvision, the Polish American Congress, Piast Institute, the Union League Club, Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone, YIVO, Galicja Jewish Museum Krakow, the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, Association of Descendants of the Shoah of Illinois, Shaarit Hapleytah of Metropolitan Chicago, and the DePaul University College of Law Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies and The United States Holocaust Museum are confirmed supporters of the program.

For further information:
Michael H. Traison, Commemoration Chairman +13128604230
traison@millercanfield.com