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Speeches Given at the Hiatt Memorial Dedication Ceremony - May 11, 1979

• Elie Wiesel - Dedication Address
• Jacob Hiatt - Remarks
• Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J. - Welcome Speech

Speakers at The Jacob and Frances Hiatt Commemorative Program in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

An annual commemorative program is held to acknowledge the centrality of the Holocaust in modern religious history and to foster and deepen that commitment to social justice which alone may prevent a repetition of the genocide and violent destruction of any people ever again.

Speakers from Previous Years Have Included:

The Rev. Dr. William A. Johnson, Professor
Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem
Beate Klarsfeld, Nazi Hunter and Author
Elie Wiesel, Author and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
John Loftus, Author
The Rev. Jozef Gorajek, Polish Underground Hero
Dr. Benjamin B. Ferencz, Lawyer and Nuremberg Prosecutor
Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, President, Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Natan Sharansky, "Refusenik" Advocate for Jewish emigration to Israel

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