Alverno Offers Rare Opportunity to Hear a Holocaust Survivor

In an increasingly rare opportunity to hear the first-hand accounts of Holocaust survivors, Alverno College will hold its 17th annual Holocaust Remembrance Service, the largest non-Jewish gathering of this type in the Midwest. The service remembers the six million Jews who perished, and honors those who resisted and survived. This year’s speaker is Holocaust survivor Estelle Glaser Laughlin, who along with her sister and mother survived the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, an extermination camp, and two slave labor camps. The service will take place on Wednesday, April 11, from 12 noon – 1 p.m. in the Pitman Theatre. A talk back and book signing will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Glaser Laughlin was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1929. She spent time in the Majdanek extermination camp and slave labor camps in Skarzysko and Czestochowa before being liberated by Russian forces in January 1945. Her memoir, “Transcending Darkness: A Girl’s Journey Out of the Holocaust,” was published in November 2012. To learn more about Glaser Laughlin’s story, please visit http://bit.ly/2FDxEsX.

About Alverno College

Alverno College promotes the academic, personal and professional development of its students in a collaborative and inclusive environment. Undergraduate programs for women are offered in more than 60 areas of study, and graduate programs in education, nursing, community psychology and business are open to women and men.

A leader in higher education innovation, Alverno has earned international accolades for its highly effective ability-based, assessment-as-learning approach to education, which emphasizes hands-on experience and develops in-demand skills. The College has consulted with three U.S. presidential administrations on accountability and outcomes in higher education and for the past eight years has been ranked one of the top five schools in the Midwest doing “the best job of educating undergrads” by U.S. News & World Report.

Based in Milwaukee, Wis., Alverno College is a four-year independent, Catholic, liberal arts college.