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2025 South Florida Dinner

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

In these uncertain times, amid the dangerous surge in antisemitism, conspiracy theories, and Holocaust distortion, our community stands together to support the Museum’s critical mission. Join us to honor survivors and learn how we are reaching new generations with the timely lessons of this history to inspire action today.

Together with event chairs Diane and Dr. Glen Mogan, we invite you to see a more complex picture of Auschwitz in the months before liberation that is revealed in the Höcker album. The album contains the last known photos of Auschwitz in operation, showing Nazis at leisure at the same time that hundreds of thousands of Jews were being murdered. Hear how the album became part of the Museum’s collection, what it teaches us about the Holocaust, and how it inspired a play that was a 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist.

For questions or information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact the Southeast Regional Office at 561.995.6773 or southeast@ushmm.org. Thank you for supporting our vital mission.

To see highlights from the 2024 South Florida Dinner, please watch this short video. To learn more about this year’s speaker and chairs, scroll below.

Event Leadership

Event Chairs

  • Diane and Dr. Glen Mogan

    Diane and Dr. Glen Mogan are committed to Holocaust memory and education. Their generous support of the Museum’s “Educating a 21st-Century Global Audience Impact Fund” provides critical resources to expand awareness and understanding of the Holocaust. Their names are inscribed on the Museum’s Donors Wall to honor their parents, who are Holocaust survivors. 

    Glen’s father, Harry Mogan, immigrated with his family from Austria to the United States in April 1938, a month after Nazi Germany annexed Austria. Glen’s mother, Else Becicka Mogan, fled Austria for America eight months later. Her family was able to follow in spring 1939.

    Drafted into the US Army in 1942, Harry Mogan landed on Omaha Beach in France ten days after D-Day. He was among those who liberated Buchenwald concentration camp and helped Jewish women in Volary who had barely survived a death march. 

    Diane’s parents, Margo Schloss Haberman and Paul Haberman, experienced Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass,” in November 1938 in Nuremberg, Germany, (Margo) and Austria (Paul). Nazi leaders orchestrated violent attacks against the Jewish population in Germany and recently incorporated territories, destroying Jewish-owned businesses, synagogues, and homes. Margo was 13 at the time. After Nazis terrorized her family, wrecked their home, and confiscated her father’s business, the family immigrated to the United States in early 1939. Many of the Mogans’ relatives were killed in the Holocaust.  

    Glen was a gastroenterologist in New Jersey for more than 40 years and currently serves as a clinical affiliate assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University. Diane and Glen reside in Delray Beach. They are the proud parents of three sons and have five grandchildren.

Event Sponsors

Gifts as of October 23, 2024

Donors Wall Sponsor ($50,000–$99,999)

Arthur M. Gutterman The Kay Family Foundation

Leadership Circle Sponsor ($25,000–$49,999)

Caryn J. Clayman David Coppa in memory of Simon Konover Cobbie and Richard Danzansky Sherri Samuels

Table Sponsor ($10,000–$24,999)

Robert and Gail Edelstein Foundation, Inc. Eva and Marvin Schlanger Sara and Phil Stern

In Memory of the 6,000,000 ($6,000–$9,999)

Cynthia Lewis

Wings of Memory Society Sponsor ($5,000–$5,999)

Jane and Robert Coppa Marcy and Alan Honig Daisy and John Merey Barbara and Robert Pick Stacy Reines

In-Kind Contributions

Boca Raton Observer Flowers of Boca Go2events

Media Sponsor

Southeast Regional Office

The Southeast regional office serves Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Learn more.

Thank You to Our National Partners and Donors

Builders of the Beyond Our Walls Fund Corporate Partners Founders Society Legacy of Light Founders Society National Patrons United States Holocaust Memorial Council