Shoah Memorial Fairfield Event Rescheduled In Westport

WESTPORT, CT — Shoah Memorial Fairfield Connecticut, a nonprofit organization, announced that its presentation, “Fighting Antisemitism and Celebrating Community: An Introduction to the Shoah Memorial,” has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on April 12 at The Westport Library.

Organizers had originally scheduled the event for January, but inclement weather prompted the postponement to April.

The program will provide an overview of the Shoah Memorial, a planned project in Fairfield intended to commemorate victims of the Holocaust and address contemporary antisemitism. Organizers say the initiative is designed to promote education and community engagement at the local level.

A Holocaust memorial sculpture, "She Wouldn't Take Off Her Boots," is scheduled to be installed at Fairfield University in July.

The April event will be hosted by activist and actor James Naughton. Scheduled speakers and guests are expected to include artist Victoria Milstein, creator of "She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots;" Philip Eliasoph, assistant to the president for arts and culture at Fairfield University; Holocaust survivor Michael Schell; Shelly Kreiger, founding educator of the Holocaust Resource Center of Greater Fairfield County; Mindy Hersh, an adviser to the Fairfield Jewish Advocacy Coalition; and Warren Lapa, a member of the Shoah Memorial Fairfield advisory board.

Organizers said additional details about the memorial project will be shared during the presentation.

— Original flyer from Shoah Memorial Fairfield and the Westport Library