Yom Hashoah Program — Wiesenthal

YOM HASHOAH PROGRAM
Tom Dugan
Wiesenthal, The Nazi Hunter
Tuesday, April 18 at 7:00PM

Simon Wiesenthal was a Jewish Holocaust survivor who became internationally famous for relentlessly pursuing and bringing nearly 1,100 Nazi war criminals to justice. He is best known for his role in capturing Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the Final Solution. Author and playwright, Tom Dugan, will read excepts and discuss his one-man play, Wiesenthal. The play begins on the day of his retirement when Simon Wiesenthal invites one last group of students into his office. With warmth, wit, and surprising humor, the famed “Nazi Hunter” recounts how he tracked down history’s most notorious killers, warning his young friends that although progress has been made since WWII, the human savage still lurks just below this wafer-thin veil of civilization. Book signing to follow

FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

With generous support from the Henry and Gertrude Kupfer Holocaust Education Fund of the Richmond Jewish Foundation.