News Release

Auschwitz Survivor Speaks at University of Detroit Mercy

Holocaust survivor Irving Roth will visit University of Detroit Mercy on Wednesday, January 26 at 7 p.m. in the 
Student Center Fountain Lounge, located on the McNichols Campus. Roth will speak about his life during the 
Holocaust, detailing his struggle for survival when he was taken from Czechoslovakia. He will discuss the emotional conflict he had to endure from being taunted as a Jewish child to the horrors of concentration camp. Roth was one of 
the only members of his family to survive.

Roth has traveled to many different schools around the country to share his story in hopes of preventing a repeat of tragic history, and will also share the lessons he learned from his experiences. He is currently the Director of the Holocaust Resource Center at the Temple Judea of 
Manhasset, New York. He has devoted his life to being a writer and internationally known educator regarding 
his time spent in Auschwitz. His book called Bondi's Brother describes his experience with 
the Holocaust.

 Roth is now a loving husband, father and grandfather.

This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by UDM's chapter of Christians United for Israel, the 
Student Programming Board and the Student Life Office. For more information, contact the Student Life Office 
at 313-993-1150 or studentlifeoffice@udmercy.edu.



Release date: January 20, 2011

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