A program commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day is being held at the State Capitol this month.
Featuring the Minnesota Holocaust Survivor Portrait Project, the program is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Capitol Rotunda.
One of the highlighted speakers is Col. Edward Shames, a Jewish WWII veteran featured in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" and a member of the forces that liberated the Dachau concentration camp.
The portrait project is by local photographer David Sherman and will be exhibited Jan. 8-18 at the North Corridor of the State Capitol in St. Paul.
The exhibit is organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
