Holocaust Memorial Week: Holocaust Survivor Talk with Ruth Finkel Wade and Sidney Finkel
About this Event
165 SW Sackett Place, Corvallis, OR 97321
https://holocaust.oregonstate.edu/Holocaust Survivor Talk with Ruth Finkel Wade and Sidney Finkel, authors of Sevek and the Holocaust: The Boy Who Refused to Die
Sevek Finkelstein was born in 1931 in Łódź, Poland, and survived the Holocaust after enduring years in a ghetto, multiple concentration camps including Buchenwald, and brutal death marches that claimed most of his immediate family. Despite profound loss, he later dedicated his life to education and reconciliation, speaking at hundreds of schools, and authoring the memoir "Sevek and the Holocaust: The Boy Who Refused to Die." His memoir and outreach emphasize healing and unity beyond national or religious identity. Although he will not attend in person due to his age and health, his daughter, Holocaust educator Ruth Finkel Wade, will deliver an account of his testimony, followed by a live Q&A (conducted via Zoom) with Sidney “Sevek” Finkel from his Tucson apartment.
7 p.m., April 13