Holocaust Remembrance Program

Sponsored by

JEWISH LAWYERS GUILD

and

THE GENDER FAIRNESS COMMITTEE OF THE SUPREME COURT, CIVIL BRANCH, NEW YORK COUNTY

Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 4:45-6:00 P.M.

Supreme Court, New York County
60 Centre Street ~ Rotunda

Remarks and Readings

HONORABLE DEBORAH KAPLAN
ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
SUPREME COURT, CIVIL BRANCH, NEW YORK COUNTY

CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY BY HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND MEMBERS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION

Remarks

HONORABLE MARTIN SHULMAN
PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE TERM, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

 Keynote Presentation

SEYMOUR KAPLAN
A LIBERATOR-SOLDIER’S STORY

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Seymour Kaplan was 17 years old when he enlisted during WWII. He served as a machine gunner with the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion attached to the 42nd Infantry Division, and he was among the liberators of the Dachau Concentration Camp. Mr. Kaplan is one of the last surviving U.S. military eyewitnesses to the liberation of Dachau.

Musical Selections by the SAR High School Choir

For more information, please contact Justice Martin Shulman at (646) 386-5687 or MShulman@nycourts.gov or Priva Simon, Esq. at (347) 404-9433 or PSimon@nycourts.gov

The Amud Aish Memorial Museum will provide a historically important exhibition of objects found at the notorious Dachau Concentration Camp from Seymour Kaplan’s private collection.