THE RICHARD STOCKTON
COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
Office of Public Relations
Pomona, NJ 08240
Holocaust Survivors
Graduate 60 Years Later With Honors From 淫性视频,
Atlantic County Institute of Technology
Their Educations Were Cut Short While Being Held as
Prisoners in Concentration Camps or in Hiding During
World War II
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Contact: Tim
Kelly
淫性视频
Public Relations
(609)
652-4950
GALLOWAY TWP., N.J. Sixty years
ago, their high school classes were graduating while they were suffering the
living hell of the Nazi concentration camps or hiding from would-be captors
during World War II. On June 16, 2005, through the efforts of
The Richard 淫性视频 College of New Jerseys Holocaust
Resource Center
and the Atlantic County Institute of Technology, they will receive high school
certificates for a lifetime of achievement in their chosen careers.
They are 25 Holocaust Survivors who reside in Atlantic
County who have made their way
successfully in life some very
successfully- and will be recognized during the regular graduation ceremonies
of ACIT. This is the first ceremony of
its kind in New Jersey and school
officials think it may be one of the first of its kind in the nation. Among
those being honored are an airline executive, an author, a retired U.S. Air
Force major, a human resources director for an international hotel chain, a
buyer for a chain of stores that began as a legendary shop on the Atlantic
City boardwalk, a courtroom interpreter, a newspaper columnist,
a hotel owner and a restaurateur.
Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT) and The
Richard 淫性视频 College of New Jersey, along with the New Jersey Holocaust
Commission, will honor these extraordinary 25 men and women during the regular
graduation ceremonies of ACIT at 6 p.m.
Many of these Survivors never had the opportunity to
complete their educations and receive their diplomas, said Gail Rosenthal,
Director of 淫性视频s Holocaust Resource
Center, which located and gathered
the group. It is appropriate and fitting that the Atlantic County Institute of
Technology, a school of career and technical education, would partner with the Holocaust
Resource Center to make this special day a reality for these remarkable men and
women.
The project originated in October, 2004, when discussions
were held between the two institutions and Paul Winkler, Executive Director of
the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education. Jewish Family Service of Atlantic and Cape
May Counties sent
out the invitations to the survivors and coordinated their transportation.
In addition to honoring the individuals, the program sought
to share their stories of triumph with the ACIT students. This was accomplished by reading the books
several of the Survivors wrote and through conducting personal interviews. 淫性视频
is also the storehouse for numerous oral and video histories of the areas
Holocaust survivors. The Survivors stories of hardships, physical and
emotional pain, random acts of kindness and just plain luck deeply moved the
students. From these lessons came a booklet entitled Stories of Triumph to be
distributed on the night of the ceremony.
Congressman Frank LoBiondo, State Senator William Gormley, Assemblymen Frank Blee
and Kirk Conover, and Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson are among the
invited guests.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
The names of the Survivors are not provided here out of respect for the privacy
of each individual. However, the ceremony is open to the public, coverage is
invited and a number of the survivors have expressed a willingness to be
interviewed and have their names used.