{"589595":{"#nid":"589595","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Benjamin Hirsch: A Holocaust Survivor and Tech Alumnus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETake time out of your day to honor a man who survived one of the\u0026nbsp;worst genocides in history and graduated from one of the finest\u0026nbsp;universities in the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBenjamin Hirsch was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1932. Hirsch survived the Holocaust then moved through France one step ahead\u0026nbsp;of advancing Nazi forces.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe managed to escape to Atlanta in 1941 and has been here ever\u0026nbsp;since. In 1958, Benjamin Hirsch graduated from Georgia Tech as an\u0026nbsp;architect and practiced with a firm that designed commercial,\u0026nbsp;industrial, institutional, and residential projects locally and\u0026nbsp;nationally.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese stories are imperative to hear as this country continues to\u0026nbsp;face antisemitism in 2017. Let\u0026#39;s show him that Georgia Tech will\u0026nbsp;not tolerate hate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/170898853425354\/?ti=ia\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore information on Facebook.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBenjamin Hirsch is speaking about his experience during\u0026nbsp;the Holocaust.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Benjamin Hirsch is speaking about his experience during\u00a0the Holocaust."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2017-03-31 14:12:22","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:11","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-04-03T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-04-03T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-04-03T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-04-03 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-04-03 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-04-03 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"},{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sjlowentritt@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESarah Jane Lowentritt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}