ABILENE, Kan. – Dr. Mike Russell will present “The United States and the Holocaust” on Thursday, April 26th, at noon in the Visitors Center Auditorium. The free program includes a light lunch.

The April Lunch & Learn program continues a month-long focus on Holocaust awareness. Dr. Russell’s presentation will concentrate on two key areas: “What and when did the U.S. know?” and “The Holocaust in the American consciousness today.”

Dr. Russell is an Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Kansas Wesleyan University. He began Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Week in 2007 as a way of raising awareness about the Holocaust and the ongoing problem of genocide as a way for KWU to reach out to the regional community.