Letter from SC Council on the Holocaust to Elie Wiesel regarding his cancelled visit and the Council's activities

This letter, dated August 20, 2013, is from Selden K. Smith and Mrs. Barbara Parker of the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust to Professor Elie Wiesel. The authors express disappointment over Wiesel's canceled visit to Greenville, South Carolina, due to health reasons, and wish him a speedy recovery. They fondly recall his past visits to Columbia College, the University of South Carolina, and the College of Charleston. Smith, a member of the SC Council and an advisory committee to the Jewish studies program at the College of Charleston, praises Wiesel's insights on Holocaust memory and education, specifically mentioning his essay in the Jerusalem Quarterly. The letter also outlines the Council's ongoing initiatives, including an upcoming October conference on Holocaust Education, efforts to secure materials from Yad Vashem Jerusalem, and the sponsorship of an Anne Frank House exhibit touring various South Carolina schools in Columbia, Walterboro, and Charleston. The authors conclude by expressing their hope to expand Holocaust education beyond Amsterdam.