Program from Nellis Holocaust Memorial Luncheon, May 2005

POSTING o r COLORS NATIONAL ANTHEM INVOCATION OPENING REMARKS LUNCH MEMORIAL CANDLE. LIGHTING CEREMONY GUEST SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS CLOSING REMARKS TURKE.Y OR TUNA CROISSANT SANDWICH rOTATO SALAD ASSORTED COOKIUS COfTLEL, TELA, AND WATELR I ABOUT OUR GUL5T SPLAICILR MS LYDIA LEBOVIC 15 A RESIDENT OF LAS VEGAS, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, AND MEMBER Of THE GROUPS SPEAKERS BUREAU SHESPEAKS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO RELIGIOUS AND CIVIC GROUPS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES-BORN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 192a, LYDIA LIVED A NORMAL LIFEUNTILTHE NAZI OCCUPATION Of HER HOMELAND IN ??++. ON MARCH 1?, 1?++ SHE, ALONG WITH HER MOTHE AND SISTER, WERE TAKEN TO AUSCHWITZ DEATH CAMP WHERE BOTH HER MOTHER AND SISTER PERISHED. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A LABOR CAMP IN HAMBURG, GERMANY AND THEN MOVED AGAIN TO BERGAN-BELSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP- I N ? SHE WAS LIBERATED BY THE BRITISH- LYDIA RETURNED TO HER NATIVE COUNTRY AND WAS REUNITED WITH HER FUTURE HUSBAND WILLIE LEBOVIC-THEY WERE MARRIED IN IJM-J. THE LEBOVICS THEN FLED FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO CHILE IN i?<S5, THE LEBOVICS IMMIGRATED TO THE US, WHERE THEY HAVE RESIDED EVER SINCE-ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS GROUP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS GROUP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA WAS FORMED IN WITH THIRTY-FIVE PEOPLE THE GROUP OBSERVED ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY IN 2005 WITH 520 PEOPLE-THE ORGANIZATION IS A NON-PROFIT 501 Ci FEDERALLY AND STATE CHARTERED ASSOCIATION-THE MISSION OF THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS GROUP IS TO BE AN ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND SUPPORT GROUP FOR ITS MEMBERS- THANKS T O T H E FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TOR ALLOWING 120 NELLIS AIRMEN T O ATTEND THE. LUNCHEON FREE O F CHARGE MRS SYLVIA ENGEL MR. BERNARD JUDD MR-ANDMRS-SAMG IINKf 6 MR.ANDMR5.ElOL MR. AND MRS. LEON GOLDSTEIN MR. AND MRS. JERRY KLONOFF MR. AND MRS. HENRY KRONBILRG MR.ANDMRS.ALEXKUECHEL MR. AND MRS. WILLIE LEBOVIC MR. AND MRS. BEN LESSER MR. AND MRS.STEPHEN NASSER Ms. TERRY OEHLBAUM DR.AND MRSBRUNOBORENSTEIN MR.RUDYHORST JEWISH FEDERATION o r LAS VEGAS/UNITED COMMUNITIES .; THE SFERLING/MACK/KRONBERG RESOURCE LIBRARY FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES ANT I DEFAMATION LEAGUE JEWISH WAR VETERANS KANDEL-SEIGENBERG-TARR POST711 HON. AND MRS. GILBERT YARCHEVER MR. AND MRS. HENRY SCHUSTER A S P E C I A L T H A N K S T O THESPERLING/MACK/KRONBERG RESOURCE LIBRARY FOR H O L O C A U S T S T U D I E S FOR DONATING A R T I F A C T S A N D LEARNING MATERIALS FOR OUR MEMORIAL DISPLAY T H A N K S T O T H E NELLIS CHAPEL COMMUNITY A N D T H E COMPANY G R A D E OFFICERS C O U N S E L FOR ENSURING T H A T O U R G U E S T S MEAL W A S F R E E O F C H A R G E THANKS T O T H E FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GREAT SUPPORT COL WALTER D- GIVHAN .COMMANDER,?? AIR B A S E WING ,FOR HOSTING T H E NELLIS HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL LUNCHEON NELLIS FIRST S E R G E A N T S A S S O C I A T I O N FOR TICKET SALES A N D PUBLICITY SSGT AARON DROBNACK A N D T H E GRAPHICS T E AM FOR DEVELOPING T H E FLYERS A ND POSTERS MILITARY E Q U A L OPPORTUNITY A N D M S G T CARL VETTER-JEWISH LAY LEADER, FOR HELPING ORGANIZE