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Show Weber State University EES ee ra rsj m "itd-de CCZS rdisi ezx May 22, 1998 - May 28, 1998 lira remembraoce of HoSocaiuisi VDCt QUIDS ; f -Uv.v- .,--i -K5: :-"l-: 1 4l it x. f i f V.N By Patrick Parkinson asst. news editor-77e Signpost lack, sprinkling skies provided a somber mood for march ers Thursday, as a group of students and faculty from Weber State University and Ogden High School, along with members of the community, staged a march in remembrance of the Holocaust. "The Holocaust was a result of bigotry, hatred and intolerance," said Barry Gomberg, WSU's director of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. "This march is a statement that we need to be tolerant." As a prelude to Marianne Elsley the Holocaust memorial program's keynote speaker the group marched, some arm in arm, from WSLTs campus into Ogden High School's auditorium."This is really a wonderful event," said Nancy Haanstad, a WSU associate professor of political science. "It gives us an opportunity to energize people about these sorts of issues." The Holocaust, which occurred mostly in Germany during the 1930s, was Adolph Hitler's plan to wipe out the Jews and others who did not fit his Aryan mold. Hitler's goal was to establish a superior race through the annihilation of most everyone else. "I look forward to hearing the speaker when we get to Ogden High, because she is someone that still has a tangible association with the worst example we have seen of what could happen when there are no civil rights or civil liberties," Haanstad said. Haanstad said remembering this century's human rights-related atrocities raises awareness and empathy among participants in the memorial. The actions of the few marchers may also remind others of the importance tolerance is going to play in future civilizations. "It gives a focus to these sorts of concerns, which are always concerns for minorities," See March page 2 'I . .' ' ,. 3 in' ) i - I : I I ; j J . i i j Weber State University and Ogden High School students and faculty, along with local residents looked back to the Holocaust, walking forward in remembrance ' during the March of Tolerance Thursday. A lecture by Marianne Elsley, keynote speaker of the memorial program, followed the march. In remembrance of the dead, a warning to the living. Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau Germany |