Holocaust Survivor to Speak at HU November 13

Irene Miller, one of the last Holocaust survivors actively traveling and speaking, will share a story of courage and perseverance

HUNTINGTON, Ind. — Irene Miller, a Holocaust survivor, author, speaker, and educator, will be at Huntington University on November 13 to share her story of courage, determination, perseverance and the power of the human spirit.

As one of the last Holocaust survivors actively traveling and speaking publicly, Miller takes her audience on a survival journey little written and known about. You will sleep in the winter under an open sky on the no man’s land; you will freeze in a Siberian labor camp where the bears come to your door front. In Uzbekistan, you will live on boiled grass or broiled onions, and shiver with malaria. You will spend years in orphanages. When this is over you will wonder how a child with this background grows up to become a positive, creative, accomplished woman with a joy of living and love to share.

Huntington University invites the public to attend this event. Admission is free, but an advance ticket is recommended to guarantee seating. Tickets are available at huntington.edu/BoxOffice. On the evening of November 13, any remaining seats will be available on a first-come-first-served basis to anyone without a ticket in the minutes before the event begins.

Event Details
Featured Speaker: Irene Miller
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Location: Zurcher Auditorium, Merillat Centre for the Arts
Huntington University, 2303 College Ave., Huntington, IN 46750

Irene Miller is a retired healthcare executive who has held positions as a hospital administrator, planner, developer and administrator of the first federally qualified HMO in Michigan. For a year she served in Washington, D.C., on an advisory committee for issues related to drug addiction in women and children. For two years she was a public school teacher in Israel.

In retirement, Irene is a docent and speaker for the Detroit Institute of Arts, a courts mediator and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Jewish Committee, the oldest civil rights organization in the United States. Since the University of Michigan-Dearborn published her book, Into No Man's Land: A Historical Memoir, in November of 2012, Irene has been in demand as a speaker in the U.S. and Canada. The book is being used in schools as required reading in history and English classes. The memoir and her talks serve Irene's mission to promote tolerance and diversity.

Into No Man’s Land; A Historical Memoir will be available for purchase at the Huntington University event.