Friday, November 13
Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Fish Interfaith Center
An Interfaith Service of Remembrance
for Kristallnacht
7 p.m.
Kristallnacht, otherwise known as the “Crystal Night” or “Night of Broken Glass,” took place on November 9-10, 1938 in cities and towns in Nazi Germany and Austria. Nearly 100 Jews were killed, more than 25,000 were arrested and sent to concentration camps, 267 synagogues were destroyed, and hundreds of Jewish businesses and homes were vandalized and ransacked. Kristallnacht is viewed by historians as the beginning of the “Final Solution” that would ultimately lead to the further genocide of the Holocaust. The special guest speaker is Holocaust survivor and rescuer Curt Lowens, who was in Berlin during Kristallnacht and will relate his experiences. Before the service, the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library on the 4th floor of the Leatherby Libraries will be open, and the Curt Lowens Collection of his personal artifacts from the Holocaust, which he has donated to Chapman, will be on display. This event is sponsored by the Schwartz Holocaust Lecture Series, co-sponsored with the Fish Interfaith Center, Hillel and the Chapman Interfaith Council. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information: 714-628-7377 or www.chapman.edu/holocausteducation.