Investment advisor Joseph M. Brodecki, the man who led the capital campaign to create the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and now serves on its governing council, will visit Washington College Tuesday, April 23 to talk about the museum and his life in philanthropy. The talk will take place at 6:00 p.m. in Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall, on the College campus, 300 Washington Avenue.
Brodecki is a principal partner of D.C.-based Bernstein Global Wealth Management Group, a firm that provides wealth management and investment strategies to a variety of clients. The son of Holocaust survivors, he successfully raised $200 million to build the museum and its collections and now serves on its governing council. A member of the Board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Brodecki lives with his wife, artist Shelly Brodecki, in Potomac, Md.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Museum will hold a historic gathering of Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans in Washington, D.C., on April 28 and in three other cities to engage the public with its work and demonstrate the continuing relevance of the Holocaust.
Brodecki’s April 23 talk, “The Holocaust Museum and a Life in Philanthropy,” is being sponsored by the Institute of Culture, Politics and Religion at Washington College.
Fletcher R. Hall says
I am sure Mr. Brodecki will give a most interesting and thought provoking talk.
The 20th Anniversary of the United States Holocaust Museum is a most significant event. As with our WWII veterans, our country is losing holocaust survivors in large numbers due to age. The holocaust, a most terrible event in world history, must not ever be forgotton. I have personally visited two of the horrible Nazi dearh camps in Poland. It is inconceivable and an extremely sobering visit. The U.S. Holocaust Museum is a must for American citizens f all creeds and faiths.
Mr. Brodecki will provide valuable information about this major U.S. museum and the philantrophy involved in its creation and continuing significance.
Fletcher R. Hall
Chestertown.