Never Again: A Night of Remembrance & Hope

Marking 81 Years Since the Liberation of Auschwitz

The Jewish Students Association (JSA) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), in collaboration with the Europe & Eurasia Focus Area, invites students, faculty, and staff to an evening of remembrance, reflection, and dialogue commemorating the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

This program will feature Rose-Helene Spreiregen, who fled Nazi-occupied France as a child using forged identity papers and later lost her mother at Auschwitz. Her powerful firsthand testimony of survival, loss, and resilience offers a deeply human lens through which to understand the consequences of unchecked hatred and the enduring moral responsibilities it places on societies and institutions today.

Through intergenerational conversation and historical reflection, the event will explore how Holocaust memory continues to shape democratic responsibility and ethical leadership in the contemporary world. Founded during World War II to prepare leaders for the postwar era, SAIS remains uniquely positioned to examine how remembrance informs modern policy, diplomacy, and action.

This gathering underscores that remembrance is not only an act of honoring the past but also a foundation for safeguarding human dignity in the present, ensuring that “Never Again” is upheld not only in principle but in practice.

Monday, February 16, 2026
5:00 PM
Room 622, Hopkins Bloomberg Center

All members of the SAIS community are warmly welcome to attend.

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