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SCSU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education commemorates 60th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp

The William Lindgren Asian Art CollectionHolocaust survivor and speaker Margo DeWilde will join the St. Cloud State University Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education to commemorate the 60th anniversary of liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.


DeWilde will speak of her experiences during World War II at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in the James W. Miller Learning Resources Center Auditorium, MC 122. Her presentation is free and open to the public.


Originally from Holland, DeWilde was a prisoner in the medical block of the Auschwitz camp in Poland when it was liberated from the Nazis by the Soviet Army on Jan. 27, 1945. She now lives in Minnesota.


For more information, visit the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Web site at www.stcloudstate.edu/chge/events.asp


The center also has put together a display of resources about Auschwitz, including books by and about survivors. The display is on Miller Center 1st Floor West, near the Reference Desk, and will be up through January.