Holocaust survivor to speak on campus Wednesday
Holocaust survivor Martin Lowenburg will speak about his personal experiences during World War II Wednesday evening.
His speech will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 in Plachta Auditorium, as part of the Dr. Harold Abel Endowed Lecture Series in the Study of Dictatorship, Democracy and Genocide.
Lowenburg was born in Germany in 1928, and was living in Fulda, Germany during Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass.” That night, many Jewish businesses, schools and synagogues were vandalized and destroyed.
Lowenburg was separated from his family as a teenager during World War II and was sent to five different concentration camps throughout the course of the war. He never saw his family again.
He is a regular speaker for the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, and has spoken in many locations around Michigan.
This lecture series was established in 2009 to memorialize Dr. Harold Abel for his commitment to education. Abel served as the eighth president of Central Michigan University from 1975-85. He died in 2002.
This event is free and open to the public. The Dr. Harold Abel Endowed Lecture Series is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
