The Pforzheimer Honors College welcomed a Holocaust Survivor and a Holocaust survivor’s daughter on Nov. 3 in Mortola Library.

Melvin Federbush and Barbara Lewis, daughter of survivor Leon Lewis, spoke about the importance of remembering the past as a way to learn for the future.

Federbush, 91, and Lewis’ father each had a “happy ending;” they survived various concentration camps and were able to move to Westchester to live out their lives in peace.

Now, Lewis and Federbush feel it is their duty to inform people about their experience and that of their family.

Federbush made it clear that he is against hate; he “does not hate the Germans” and wants people to know of the horrors that stem from hate.

The speakers wanted to inform the students in attendance that they should pay attention to history and apply those lessons today to work against further genocide and even schoolroom bullying.

Federbush was grateful that Pace students came out to listen to his story; he said that, in about 10 years, there will not be survivors who are able to speak firsthand about their experiences.

Pace students were grateful for the opportunity to listen to his and Lewis’ stories.