Judith&rsquo\;s father\, grandmother\, two aunts and two of her siblings died in concentration camps. Judith passed away in 2016\, and Courtney inherited 30 years of her personal journals. F eaturing old family photographs and firsthand accounts from her grandmothe r&rsquo\;s writing\, Courtney&rsquo\;s presentation will explore both Judi th's journey out of Germany as a teenage refugee and her extended family's experiences across Europe during the war. In addition\, Courtney will dis cuss her own travels back to Germany to further understand her family hist ory and how we\, as individuals\, can work to prevent genocide in the futu re.
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\nCourtney Doi is the granddaug hter of a Holocaust survivor. She is a member of the N.C. Council on the H olocaust and the Holocaust Speakers Bureau for The Center for Holocaust\, Genocide and Human Rights Education of North Carolina. She works as an Aca demic Director at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill. Sh e lives in Mebane\, NC with her husband\, two daughters and their dog.
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\nThis program is presented as part of the programming associated with the exhibit\, Americans and the Holocaust: A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries\, on display at Mullins Library on the Univ ersity of Arkansas campus from November 10-December 18. Please visit https://uark.libguides.com/AATH f or more information on this exhibit and accompanying events.
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\nAmericans and the Holocaust: A Traveling Exhibition for Lib raries is made possible by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museu m and the American Library Association. It was made possible by the genero us support of lead sponsor Jeannie &\; Jonathan Lavine. Additional majo r funding was provided by the Bildners &mdash\; Joan &\; Allen z&rdquo\ ;l\, Elisa Spungen &\; Rob\, Nancy &\; Jim\; and Jane and Daniel Och . The Museum's exhibitions are also supported by the Lester Robbins and Sh eila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund\, established in 1990.
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