OIL CITY – Nesse Godin, a Holocaust survivor who has dedicated her adult life to teaching and sharing memories of the Holocaust, will speak in Robert W. Rhoades Center auditorium at Clarion University-Venango Campus on Monday, November 9, at 7 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.
Ms. Godin survived the Shauliai, Lithuania Ghetto, the Stutthof Concentration Camp, four labor camps and a death march.
She is president of the Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Friends of Greater Washington and serves on the boards of directors and is a founding member of several other Holocaust survivor groups.
Ms. Godin served on the board of Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and is a board member of the Anti-Defamation League, The Jewish Community Council, and many other worthy organizations.
She has received numerous awards and honors, including the “Myrtle Wreath” from the Hadassah Council. She has been honored with the Woman of Valor Award by three different organizations, B’nai B’rith Women, Naamat USA, and Amit Women Birah Chapter.
In 1998, Ms. Godin was presented with the Eli Wiesel Holocaust Remembrance Medal in recognition of her dedication to remembering the victims of the Holocaust and for teaching the consequences of hatred to both children and adults.
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