Eva Fogelman, co-founder of the Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers and author of Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust, will be the featured speaker at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at the rededication of the Garden of the Righteous Gentiles at the Bernard and Ruth Siegel Jewish Community Center.

The garden, the first monument outside Jerusalem to Christians who saved the lives of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe, contains trees originally planted in 1981 by Holocaust survivors residing in Delaware.  Three decades of exposure to the elements took their toll, but the garden has been restored by its original landscape architect, Robert Grenfell, and the Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Committee.

A new tree will be dedicated by the family of Rachel and Todd Harad in memory of Andree and Suzanne Romain, two sisters who hid Rachel's father, Charles Rojer, and 12 other Jewish children in Belgium.

This historic event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the ceremony.

Susan was born in Budapest, Hungary and was a young child during the Holocaust. She and her mother ran from hiding place to hiding place in order to survive. Susan now resides in Delaware and will be speaking publicly of her family's history for the first time, at this event.   After the formal program, prayers will be offered at the Holocaust Memorial, just outside the State Office Building.

Yom HaShoah is sponsored by the Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center, in partnership with The Jewish Federation of Delaware and The Delaware Rabbinical and Cantor's Association. 

The event is free and open to the public.