Full Collection of Portraits of Life
2025 Holocaust Commemoration
Date and Time: March 4th 6:30pm via Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting
The event will include a candle lighting ceremony with local survivors, student poetry, music, and testimony from Peter Gorog, a Hungarian survivor. His bio and interview are available herenew window.
Contact: Dr. Ken Jassie, Professor of Art History,
Holocaust education:
kenjassie@montgomerycollege.edu
The 2025 Annual Holocaust Commemoration honors victims and survivors of the Holocaust
This annual commemoration includes the testimony of Peter Gorog, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, a candle-lighting ceremony, music and poetry readings by MC students. For more information visit The Paul Peck Humanities Institute website #holocaustsurvivor #socialjustice # ... www.youtube.com
Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County is a collaborative social documentary project (photo portraiture and narrative) created
to tell the stories of survivors who have lived in and around Montgomery County, Maryland.
The exhibit consists of more than thirty 24 x 36" panels.
This traveling educational exhibit provides visual imagery and personal history of
Holocaust survivors, and reaches a national audience. Portraits of Life enhances classroom
teaching and learning; provides students with direct experience on a professional
project; offers opportunities for faculty and student collaboration, and reflects
the partnership between Montgomery College and the surrounding communities.
To request the exhibit and a Holocaust survivor speaker for your school or community
group in Montgomery County, Maryland, please contact: Professor Ken Jassie, Montgomery
College, Rockville, Maryland, USA. ken.jassie@montgomerycollege.edu.
View the "Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County (PDF, 
) " catalog.
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