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The DU genocide awareness organization, Never Again!, is working with Hillel, the University Chaplain, the Center for Judaic Studies, the Holocaust Awareness Institute and DUPB Films to hold the 6th annual Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week.

From April 15 to April 20, events will be held on the DU campus to memorialize victims of genocide.

“We want individuals to know that small acts of courage by ordinary people are instrumental in preventing future genocide,” said senior Ella Peterson, president of Never Again!

On Monday, Never Again! put together an interfaith candle-lighting ceremony in an attempt to draw people from multiple different denominations and interests.

Never Again! hosted the “Litany of Names” today, reading aloud the names of Holocaust victims on Driscoll Bridge.

Both students and faculty read names all day, commemorating those victims among the busy rush of campus life.

On Driscoll Green, Never Again! set up flags to honor Holocaust victims.

Volunteers spent Sunday afternoon putting the flags in Driscoll Green. The process took several hours, made difficult by the harsh winds and rain.

Each color represents a different group of people and each flag represents 5,000 people who were killed during the Holocaust. A sign by the flags explains which people groups are represented by the colors.

These flags will be memorializing Holocaust victims until Friday afternoon, and students can volunteer to help take the flags down.

Students will also have the opportunity to attend a teach-in with Holocaust survivor Eric Cahn at the Korbel Cyber CafCB) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Cahn will talk about his deportation to a detention camp in Southern France, his rescue by the French Resistance, and his experiences hiding in the basement of a French Christian family during the duration of the war.

Students will have the opportunity to ask Cahn questions about his experiences after the teach-in.

DUPB Films will be showing “Sarah’s Key” on Thursday at 8 p.m. as part of their weekly movie nights.

The movie follows the journey of a young Jewish girl, Sarah, as she runs from the impending threat of Nazi occupation.

Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week will conclude once the Field of Flags is removed from Driscoll Green.

Students interested in getting involved in genocide education outside of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week can contact Ella Peterson at ella.peterson@du.edu about joining Never Again!

Students can also contact Peterson about helping to take down the flags on Driscoll Green.