Sonja Alexander                                  April 13, 1999
Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546
(Phone:  202-358-1761)


MEDIA ADVISORY:  m99-72


NASA AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST


     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin will give the welcoming 
remarks Thursday, 
April 15, 1999, at a federal ceremony to commemorate the 
Holocaust.  

     The program is part of the worldwide Holocaust Week of 
Remembrance (April 11-16).  The event will begin at noon at the 
Lincoln Theater, 1215 U St. NW, Washington, DC.  Secretary of 
Labor Alexis M. Herman will serve as the Mistress of Ceremonies.

     This year's theme is "We Were There, Voices from History."  
Other guest speakers include Leo Bretholz, who survived many 
escapes, captures, releases and incarcerations, and Eugene 
deThassy, a Hungarian who spent years saving Jewish citizens and 
Allied prisoners of war.

     NASA and 18 other federal agencies will sponsor the program.  
The event is open to the public and media are invited to attend. 

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