Debra Kasirer serves on the board of Hillel at UCLA, which arranged a program at UCLA about the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum. The program director of the museum spoke about how it functions and its maintenance needs. Located in Poland, the museum commemorates the lives lost at the former Birkenau death camp and has undergone expansions and memorial updates since it was established in 1947.

2.  Los Angeles, California resident Debra
Kasirer contributes to a number of social
causes and charitable initiatives and
formerly served on the boards of numerous
organizations, such as Hillel at the University
of Pennsylvania and the Jewish youth
program Camp Ramah. Currently, Debra
Kasirer serves on the Hillel at UCLA’s Board
of Trustees, which supports the activities
and efforts of UCLA’s Jewish community.

3.  On November 20, 2014, students and
members of the Los Angeles community
attended a program arranged by Hillel at
UCLA and the UCLA Center for Jewish
Studies concerning the Auschwitz-Birkenau
Memorial Museum. Titled “For the Good of
Tomorrow, Preserve Yesterday,” the
program included a public talk by museum
director Dr. Piotr Cywiński on how the
museum functions and the necessities
needed to maintain it. Attendance was
open to the public at no cost.

4.  A pilgrimage destination for 1.5 million
visitors per year, the Auschwitz-Birkenau
Memorial Museum is located in Poland on
the site of the former Birkenau death camp.
Since its establishment in 1947 as a
memorial to the lives lost during the
Holocaust, many changes have occurred.
The museum received expansions in 1950,
and an additional exhibit opened in 1955.
Furthermore, plaques memorializing 4 million
Auschwitz deaths were replaced in 1990
with new ones representing the more
accurate figure of 1.5 million.