Annual Wallenberg Dinner

Please join us for the Nordic Heritage Museum's 2011 Raoul Wallenberg Dinner and Lecture Series, cosponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center and Washington State Jewish Historical Society. The dinner will be on Tuesday, June 14 at 5:30pm and the lectures will be on Tuesdays, May 10, May 24, and May 31 at 7pm at the Nordic Heritage Museum.

This annual event was initiated by Washington State Senator Ken Jacobsen in honor of Swedish diplomat and humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg, whose actions saved thousands of lives during World War II. We are honored to host as our keynote speaker the distinguished Hubert G. Locke, Professor and Dean Emeritus of the University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs. Professor Locke is a co-founder of the Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, and is a member of the Committee on Church Relations for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He will reflect on the character of individuals who risk personal safety to help others.

Reservations: Please make reservations no later than June 10. Contact 206-789-5707 ext. 10 or rsvp@nordicmuseum.org. Cost for dinner: $45 for Museum members & members of sponsor organizations, $50 for non-members. Ticket package (for dinner and lectures) cost is $55 for Museum members & members of sponsor organizations, $65 for non-members.