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A Student
Reflects on Henry Carter's Legacy 
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education will be holding a special
interactive memorial program to honor the memory of Henry Carter on Tuesday,
June 21st at 7 pm at the Mayerson Hall, Hebrew Union College. Henry passed
away May 6, 2005, the day after Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom HaShoah.
His testimony as a young father in the Krakow Ghetto, as a member of the
Polish resistance movement, and then as an inmate in Auschwitz is eternally
recorded in "Mapping Our Tears", the audio-visual environmental
theater that presents the personal testimonies of eyewitnesses to the
Holocaust. "The thousands of students, teachers, community members
who have heard his testimony feel that they know him," remarks Emily
Meier, of Northern Kentucky, Thomas More College graduate and research
historian at the Center. "His Holocaust cap is a special part of
our exhibit. He would wear it only once a year, on Holocaust Memorial
Day. He gave it to us-to represent him in the exhibit. I know his story
by heart-it touches everybody-and he will always be remembered."
The Center has invited the Polish-American Society, the Northern Kentucky
Interfaith Commission, the Jewish Family Services and all other individuals
and groups that have known Henry Carter, or would like to participate,
to join in this evening program. The evening will provide an opportunity
to both listen to his testimony, as well as allow the audience the occasion
to offer their reflections, responses, anecdotes, and thoughts about Henry.
A special student scholarship fund in Henry Carter's name will be established
at the Center, to provide a student from Northern Kentucky or Cincinnati
with the opportunity to study an aspect of the Polish-Jewish experience.
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Richard A. Weiland, The Board Chair is proud to announce that The
Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education at Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion will continue to honor Henry Carter through
a scholarship fund established in his name. Henry's generous and
effusive nature, his uplifting attitude, and his commitment to Holocaust
education and memory has been an inspiration to us all. We would
like to keep his spirit and dedication alive and pass it on to a
new generation who will not be fortunate enough to know him personally.
The Henry Carter Scholarship Fund will provide students from the
Greater Cincinnati region, including Northern Kentucky, with the
opportunity to study aspects of the Polish-Jewish experience. By
creating the scholarship fund, Henry's name and experiences will
live on as students learn and personally continue to study it and
pass it on through future generations. Any contributions to the
Henry Carter Scholarship Fund will be tax deductible and deeply
appreciated. These students, from all faiths and backgrounds, are
our real treasures in this community.
For involvement and contributions to The Henry Carter Scholarship
Fund, please contact The Center at (513) 487-3055 or CHHE@huc.edu.
The students not only learn, but also go out and teach and lead
in their communities. Thank you, and thank Henry, for keeping the
fires of learning and teaching aglow.
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