945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
5:00 p.m. Reception | 6:00 p.m. Program
This event is free and open to the public. Register today to join us in person or to view the event online.
Join The National WWII Museum and the New Orleans Jewish Community Center Holocaust Committee for an evening of remembrance and reflection to commemorate Yom HaShoah, a day dedicated to the approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
The moving commemoration ceremony will include remarks from members of the local Jewish community and Museum Trustee Caren Rubin, whose father, Mark Rubin (1937–2021), was a Holocaust survivor and longtime Museum Trustee. After the ceremony, Father Patrick Desbois, a Holocaust researcher and Vatican adviser on Catholic-Jewish relations, will discuss his award-winning book Holocaust by Bullets.
A reception from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. will precede the event and will include hors d'oeuvres, as well as an open bar for beer and wine. Desbois will sign copies of his book following the presentation.
For additional information, contact Maggie Hartley, EdD, Director of Public Engagement, at maggie.hartley@nationalww2museum.org.
About Father Patrick Desbois
Catholic priest Father Patrick Desbois is a renowned historian, forensic detective, and human rights activist dedicated to exposing and combating genocide. As the founder of Yahad-In Unum, he has led groundbreaking research on genocidal practices, including the "Holocaust by bullets"—the mass execution of two million Jews in Eastern Europe by Nazi death squads. Alongside the Yahad-In Unum team, Desbois has identified over 3,300 execution sites and recorded more than 8,000 eyewitness testimonies. His work has also extended to investigating the Yazidi genocide and war crimes in Ukraine. Desbois has received numerous honors, including the Légion d’honneur from French President Emmanuel Macron. He is a professor at Georgetown University and continues to advocate for justice and human rights worldwide.
This event is made possible through the generous support of The Mark Rubin Family Endowment for Holocaust Education.
