Thursday, January 28th from 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
at the Law School Legal Research Center Student Lounge
Please join us to honor the memory of those lost in the Holocaust and those that survived its horror by welcoming special guest speaker Alter Wiener to Lewis & Clark. We are proud to have Mr. Wiener return to our campus and once again share his incredible life story, wisdom and uplifting perspective of the world. He is one of only a few Holocaust survivors living in the Portland area. To date, he has spoken to over 560 audiences in the states of Oregon and Washington. His speaking venues include schools, prisons, hospitals, libraries and the like. Mr. Wiener’s words are truly transformative. He has now received over 18,000 letters from people thanking him for his work and expressing how his talks deeply affected them.
Mr. Wiener was born in October of 1926 in Chrzanów, Poland. He lived a quiet and traditional life with his family in Chrzanów until at a young age he was deported from his home by Nazi officers in the middle of the night. Mr. Wiener was then enslaved for three years in five forced labor and concentration camps. When liberated, Mr. Weiner weighed eighty pounds and was burdened with many health issues. He is the only survivor of his immediate family and lost almost his entire extended family in the Holocaust as well. As a teenager he was faced with the challenge of building a new life, alone. Mr. Wiener did not have the opportunity to attend school during his formative years. Still, he has earned honorary degrees from both Warner Pacific College and Lewis & Clark Law School. His autobiography, From a Name to a Number, was published in 2007 and continues to receive rave reviews. Signed copies of Mr. Wiener’s book will be available for purchase at this event for a price of $20 (cash or check made payable to “Alter Wiener” only).
Lewis & Clark honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day by welcoming speaker, author & Holocaust survivor Alter Wiener to Campus. If you missed hearing Mr. Wiener speak at the Animal Law Conference, here is your second chance.
Please join us to honor the memory of those lost in the Holocaust and those that survived its horrors by attending this event. We are proud to have Mr. Wiener return to our campus and once again share his incredible life story, wisdom and uplifting perspective of the world. He is one of only a few Holocaust survivors living in the Portland area. To date, he has spoken to over 560 audiences in the states of Oregon and Washington. His speaking venues include schools, prisons, hospitals, libraries and the like. Mr. Wiener’s words are truly transformative. He has now received over 18,000 letters from people thanking him for his work and expressing how his talks deeply affected them.
Mr. Wiener was born in October of 1926 in Chrzanów, Poland. He lived a quiet and traditional life with his family in Chrzanów until at a young age he was deported from his home by Nazi officers in the middle of the night. Mr. Wiener was then enslaved for three years in five forced labor and concentration camps. When liberated, Mr. Weiner weighed eighty pounds and was burdened with many health issues. He is the only survivor of his immediate family and lost almost his entire extended family in the Holocaust as well. As a teenager he was faced with the challenge of building a new life, alone.
Mr. Wiener did not have the opportunity to attend school during his formative years. Still, he has earned honorary degrees from both Warner Pacific College and Lewis & Clark Law School. His autobiography, From a Name to a Number, was published in 2007 and continues to receive rave reviews. Signed copies of Mr. Wiener’s book will be available for purchase at this event for a price of $20 (cash or check made payable to “Alter Wiener” only).
About International Holocaust Remembrance Day
In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27th as an annual international day to remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust. January 27th also marks the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. Resolution 60/7, which created International Holocaust Remembrance Day, urges member nations of the U.N. to honor the memory of Holocaust victims, encourage educational programs on the topic of the Holocaust to help prevent future acts of genocide, and rejects any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event. To find out more, please visit the website for The Holocaust and the United Nation’s Outreach Programme.
