Holocaust Memorial Observances 2025

Interfaith Memorial Service

Beth Israel Congregation
1625 Reservoir Road Greeley, CO

Officiants: Rabbi Sara Gilbert, Reverend John Bliss, Reverend Tamara Torres McGovern, and Reverend Matt Villareal

All are invited to gather for an interfaith service to pay homage to those who lost their lives, give thanks for those who survived, and honor those who risked their lives to save others. Building on rich traditions and shared hope for the future, there will be prayer, music, and inspirational readings to reflect on the Holocaust era.

Musical selections will be offered by Royston Hunget, Riley Anne Martin, Andrea Pinedo, and Rodney Sauder.

Holocaust Book Discussion: Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust

Centennial Park Branch Library
2227 23rd Avenue, Greeley, CO

Discussion Facilitators: Mary Billings and Laura Manuel

Complimentary copies of the books for the first ten (10) registrants.

To register, email Naomi Johnson at nrjohnsHMOC@gmail.com

Book Pickup: Monday, April 27 | 7 PM | Centennial Branch Library, 2227 23rd Ave

Holocaust Survivor Presentation: Janet Applefield

Eaton High School
1661 Collins St., Eaton, CO

Open to Eaton students and community members only

Reception for Holocaust Survivor: Janet Applefield

Eaton Public Library
123 Maple Avenue, Eaton, CO

Film Screening: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin
2 hours 13 minutes

Kress Cinema and Lounge
817 8th Avenue, Greeley, CO

As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is swept into the epicenter of a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler. With his faith and fate at stake, Bonhoeffer must choose between upholding his moral convictions or risking it all to save millions of Jews from genocide. Will his shift from preaching peace to plotting murder alter the course of history or cost him everything?

Holocaust Survivor Presentation: Janet Applefield

Union Colony Civic Center
701 10th Avenue, Greeley, CO

8th grade students only

Musical selections will be offered by Royston Hunget, Riley Anne Martin, and Curtis Bodiker

Holocaust Survivor Presentation: Janet Applefield

Aims Comunity College, Welcome Center
4901 W. 20th Street, Greeley, CO

Musical selections will be offered by Royston Hunget, Riley Anne Martin, and Curtis Bodiker

Nazi Civil Religion during the 3rd Reich: Secular Religiosity and Violence in Hitler’s Germany - Michael Booker, Ph.d.

Aims Community College, Student Commons, Room 114
5121 W. 20th Street, Greeley, CO
Welcome Center Building Auditorium

The rise of the Nazi Empire cannot be understood simply as a reaction to the socio-cultural and economic dislocations of interwar Germany. Nazism was a messianic civil religious movement, which offered Germanic “Aryans” the promise of a new life in a transfigured world. Dr. Booker will demonstrate that Nazism was essentially a totalitarian civil religion and that Hitlerian totalitarianism at its height undoubtedly had many of the functions of traditional religions. It will also describe how messianic totalitarianism, like that of the Third Reich, can lead to episodes of violence, mass slaughter and ultimately, genocide.

Holocaust 101 - Dr. Joan Clinefelter

LINC Library
501 8th Avenue, Greeley, CO

In Holocaust 101, Dr. Joan Clinefelter uncovers lesser-known features of the Nazi genocide of European Jewry. She will pay particular attention to the Nazi’s plans for the post-war era, and the place of Auschwitz in their vision of the future. All questions are welcome.

Joan Clinefelter has served as a professor of Modern European History in the University of Northern Colorado’s History Department since 1995. She earned her BA at Grinnell College, and the MA and PhD at Indiana University. She is the author of one book and many articles, most recently “The Patriarchy Is Finished: Broadcasting Women’s Emancipation on RIAS Berlin” published in Oxford University’s German History in December, 2024.

Film Screening: Run Boy Run
1 hour 53 minutes

UNC Lindou Auditorium
Greeley, CO

8-year-old Srulik flees from the Warsaw ghetto in 1942 and attempts to survive, at first alone in the forest, and then on a farm as a Christian orphan named Jurek. Throughout his ordeal, he is in danger of losing his Jewish identity. Based on the bestseller by Uri Orlev.— A superlative saga of courage and compassion, Run Boy Run tells the extraordinary true story of a Polish boy who seeks the kindness of others in his solitary struggle to outlast the Nazi occupation and keep alive his Jewish faith. An unforgettable cinematic experience featuring exceptional performances, arresting cinematography and transcendent musical score, RUN BOY RUN is directed by Academy Award-winner Pepe Danquart and based on the bestselling novel by author Uri Orlev.

Film Screening: One Life
1 hour 15 minutes

Farr Library
929 15th Street, Greeley, CO

Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, this is the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Klezmer Concert

Unitarian Universalist Church
929 15th Street, Greeley, CO 80631

The entire genre of Klezmer music was nearly wiped out during the Holocaust but has seen a major revival in recent years. Join The Mentshn for an afternoon concert of music by Jewish composers who died during the Holocaust and other marginalized groups who were almost erased from history by the Nazi regime.

Muzikaim Vecharim
Roysten Hunget, Violin/Vocals
Andrea Pinedo, Cello
Ben Cohen, Piano/Vocals
Miriam Rosenbaum, Clarinet