Kristallnacht commemoration
Introduced by Dr. Chris Friedrichs
With remarks by the Honourable Irwin Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism
Keynote address by Liliane Pari Umuhoza
Liliane is a human rights advocate who uses her life experience of surviving the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and non-profit work to promote peace and summon global dialogue and actions against human right abuses. She is the founder of Women Genocide Survivors Retreat (Rwanda).
Holocaust survivors are invited to light a candle.
Commemoration will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person. Link will be available at vhec.org on November 7.
Masks are encouraged for all attendees.
Presented by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre in partnership with Beth Israel Congregation. For more information visit https://www.vhec.org/upcomingevents/
event_title: Kristallnacht commemoration
event_time_zone: America/Vancouver
event_start: November 09, 2022 19:00
event_duration: 180
event_end: November 09, 2022 22:00
event_address: 989 W 28th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6H 2N4, Canada
event_description: Introduced by Dr. Chris FriedrichsWith remarks by the Honourable Irwin Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting AntisemitismKeynote address by Liliane Pari UmuhozaLiliane is a human rights advocate who uses her life experience of surviving the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and non-profit work to promote peace and summon global dialogue and actions against human right abuses. She is the founder of Women Genocide Survivors Retreat (Rwanda).Holocaust survivors are invited to light a candle.Commemoration will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person. Link will be available at vhec.org on November 7.Masks are encouraged for all attendees.Presented by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre in partnership with Beth Israel Congregation. For more information visit https://www.vhec.org/upcomingevents/