Full Collection of Portraits of Life
2026 Holocaust Commemoration
Please join us for an evening of reflection with our featured speaker, Holocaust Survivor, Ruth Cohen.
Date and Time: March 3rd, 6:00pm via Zoom
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Ruth Cohen, originally from Czechoslovakia, survived Auschwitz and other concentration
camps. Liberated in 1945, she later immigrated to the United States and devoted many
years to Holocaust education through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Her biography is available here: Ruth Cohen biography new window
All are welcome. This program is offered in the spirit of remembrance and learning.
Contact: Dr. Ken Jassie: kenjassie@montgomerycollege.edu
or Paul Peck Humanities Institute: paulpeckhumanitiesinstitute@montgomerycollege.edu
Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County is a collaborative social documentary project (photo portraiture and narrative) created
to tell the stories of survivors who have lived in and around Montgomery County, Maryland.
The exhibit consists of more than thirty 24 x 36" panels.
This traveling educational exhibit provides visual imagery and personal history of
Holocaust survivors, and reaches a national audience. Portraits of Life enhances classroom
teaching and learning; provides students with direct experience on a professional
project; offers opportunities for faculty and student collaboration, and reflects
the partnership between Montgomery College and the surrounding communities.
To request the exhibit and a Holocaust survivor speaker for your school or community
group in Montgomery County, Maryland, please contact: Professor Ken Jassie, Montgomery
College, Rockville, Maryland, USA. ken.jassie@montgomerycollege.edu.
View the "Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County (PDF, 
) " catalog.
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- Eastern Middle School, Silver Spring, MD
- Farquhar Middle School, Olney, MD
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Headquarters, Silver Spring, MD
- Lowell School, Washington, DC
- Hoover Middle School, Rockville, MD
- Lowell School, Washington, DC
- Montgomery College, Germantown and Rockville campuses, MD
- Redland Middle School, Derwood, MD
- Rehoboth Public Library, Rehoboth, DE
- Ridgeview Middle School, Gaithersburg, MD
- Rockville High School, Rockville, MD
- City of Rockville, Glenview Mansion
- Temple B'nai Israel, Rockville, MD
- Temple Har Shalom, Potomac, MD
- Wilmington Public Library, Wilmington, DE
- Westland Middle School, Gaithersburg, MD