Join us Saturday, October 17, 2026, just north of Indianapolis at The Club at Holiday Farms in beautiful Zionsville, IN.

Keynote speaker - John QuiÑones -  Award-winning journalist, author, and creator and host of the hidden-camera television program What Would You Do?

Evening of Light was re-established in 2022 as a major fundraiser for CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center. The evening is a way to honor our museum’s late founder, Eva Mozes Kor, who passed away at age 85 on July 4, 2019.

Recipient of the 2017 Sachem Award, the highest honor in the state of Indiana, Eva was a Holocaust survivor, a forgiveness advocate, and a revered public speaker. With the driving message of “never give up” in mind, Eva emerged from a life filled with trauma as a brilliant example of the power of the human spirit to overcome. She was a community leader, a champion of human rights, and a tireless educator of young people. She was one of the few surviving twins who shared her personal account of the medical experiments supervised by Nazi doctor Josef Mengele at Auschwitz.

In 1995, Eva opened CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute, IN. It is the only organization in the world dedicated to the memory of the twin victims and survivors of medical experimentation at Auschwitz. Thousands of people have visited CANDLES since its opening. Eva’s account of her survival of the Holocaust offers many relevant lessons on the dangers of hate speech and prejudice, and the importance of being an informed citizen. Eva’s message of healing reaches across the globe and across social, economic, and cultural boundaries.