The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Holocaust Memorial Committee will host Holocaust survivor Oscar Singer of Pittsburgh for a presentation Nov. 10 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Ohio Hall of the Hadley Union Building, 319 Pratt Drive on the IUP campus.
Singer was 14 years old when his village in Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany. Over the next six years, he was imprisoned in four labor camps and two concentration camps before being liberated by Soviet forces.
Singer was in both Auschwitz and Theresenstaft and was the only member of his entire family to survive.
After the war he moved to Colorado, married and had two children. Six years ago, he moved to Pittsburgh to be with his daughter, Lee.
In addition to the Nov. 10 program, the Holocaust Memorial Committee is collecting items for the RK Agarwal MD & Family Teen Center & Shelter in Altoona.
Items requested include clothing for children ages 12 to 17, personal care products, school supplies, individually wrapped snacks, gift cards, crayons and colored pencils, coloring books, and bicycles and sports equipment. The Family Youth Center and Shelter provides short-term shelter and support to the immediate needs of refugee, homeless and at-risk youth and their families. Donations can be dropped off until Dec. 10 at Uhler Hall, 1020 Oakland Ave.
The Holocaust Remembrance Committee is chaired by Dr. Shannon Phillips-Shyrock.
For more information about the November 10 program or the IUP Holocaust Remembrance Committee, contact her at s.shyrock@iup.edu.
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