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Oregon State University to observe Holocaust Memorial Week events April
Oregon State University to observe Holocaust Memorial Week events April
By Michelle Klampe, 541-737-0784, michelle.klampe@oregonstate.edu
Contact: Paul Kopperman, 541-737-1265, pkopperman@oregonstate.edu
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Lucille Eichengreen, a Holocaust survivor who endured the Lodz Ghetto and the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, will speak at Oregon State University April 25 as part of the university’s annual Holocaust Memorial Week.
Eichengreen was born as Cecilia Landau in Hamburg, Germany, in 1925. Her father and sister were murdered in the concentration camps and her mother died of starvation in Lodz. After liberation, Lucille assisted the British in identifying and bringing to justice more than 40 people who had oppressed prisoners in the Nazi camps. Her work drew death threats and she later moved to the U.S.
Eichengreen has spoken widely of what she saw and experienced during the war and has been much honored for this educational work, particularly in Germany. Her memoir, “From Ashes to Life,” tells her story in detail.
The talk begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Auditorium at the The LaSells Stewart Center, 875 S.W. 26th St., Corvallis. The event is free and open to the public but attendees are encouraged to obtain free tickets in advance to ensure a seat. Tickets are available online at: http://bit.ly/2nYJLoz. A book-signing will follow.
Holocaust Memorial Week is presented by the School of History, Philosophy and Religion in OSU’s College of Liberal Arts. All events are free and open to the public. The program will include a theme of genocide and a focus on human rights.
Other Holocaust Memorial Week events are:
- Monday, April 24: A public talk Sarhang Hamasaeed, “The Wars in Iraq and Syria – National, Regional and Global Implications,” 7:30 p.m. in the Construction and Engineering Hall at The LaSells Stewart Center. Hamasaeed, director of Middle East Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, will examine the complexities of the wars in Iraq and Syria and discuss their implications for the region and the wider world.
- Wednesday, April 26: Discussion, “Religious Prejudice on the Contemporary Scene: How Great is the Threat?,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Milam Auditorium. Hilary Bernstein, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, will discuss recent indicators regarding the level and intensity of anti-semitism, while Amarah Khan, associate director of global diversity initiatives at OSU, will speak to the issue of Islamophobia, both locally and more generally. Weather permitting, a candlelight vigil affirming religious and cultural understanding will follow in the MU Quad from 9:15 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Thursday, April 27: A public talk by Anne Kelly Knowles, “The Transformative Power of the Holocaust,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Construction and Engineering Hall at The LaSells Stewart Center. Knowles, a professor of history at the University of Maine, is among the foremost proponents of geographic information systems, a methodology that bridges geography and history. In her talk at OSU, Knowles will draw on survivor testimony and her extensive research on concentration camps and ghettos in order to explore “the power of confinement, relocation, forced labor, and the constant threat of violence to change the everyday worlds of Jews throughout Eastern Europe.” The talk is co-sponsored by the OSU College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences.
About the OSU College of Liberal Arts: The College of Liberal Arts includes the fine and performing arts, humanities and social sciences, making it one of the largest and most diverse colleges at OSU. The college’s research and instructional faculty members contribute to the education of all university students and provide national and international leadership, creativity and scholarship in their academic disciplines.
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff
A Rock Opera by Alicia Jo Rabins
FREE Performance
Wednesday, March 8
7pm, Redwood Auditorium, EMU
FREE Panel Discussion
Thursday, March 9
12pm, Knight Law School Rm. 142
Sponsored by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, School of Law, Schnitzer Cinema, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, and the Oregon Humanities Center.
Look to Norway!
The Nazi Occupation of Norway in Hollywood Wartime Cinema, 1942-1945
Friday, January 27
3:00 p.m.
Knight Library Browsing Room
Lecture by Arne Lunde, Associate Professor in the Scandinavian Section UCLA Los Angeles, California
Sponsored by the Anderson Scandinavian Studies Fund
Free and open to the public
“Israeli History X”
Join us Thursday, November 17 for a lecture by visiting Professor Daniel Fridberg!
Join us Thursday, November 17 for a lecture by visiting Professor Daniel Fridberg!
Many studies have demonstrated that ongoing violent conflicts often cause those involved to identify more with their own group identity and to engage in ever increasing hostile attitudes and behaviors toward the “other” group. But what about those who turn away from violence? What are the reasons and implications for their identity and social position? Daniel Fridberg, a peacebuilding practitioner working on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, will discuss his work with Israeli soldiers who choose to disobey orders or object to continuing their military service altogether after being stationed among the Palestinian civil population.
Celebration of Life for Jack Sanders
The Jack T. Sanders Celebration of Life at the University of Oregon will take place on Thursday, May 12, beginning at 10 am in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Both Jack’s wife of over thirty-six years, Susan Elizabeth Plass, and Jack’s son, Collin Thomas Sanders, will be in attendance. Around 11:15 am, the group will proceed from the library to a location nearby for the planting of a flowering dogwood tree dedicated to Jack’s memory. Afterward, a buffet lunch will be served in the Browsing Room of Knight Library. At 4 pm that day in Chiles 128 (corner of Kincaid and 13th), former colleague Daniel Falk will deliver a lecture entitled “The Myth of the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Everyone is welcome to attend any and all of these free public events on May 12th.
Thursday, May 12th
Knight Library Browsing Room
10:00 am Celebration of Life
11:15 am Tree Planting
11:45 am Lunch Buffet
Healing at Dachau: One Physician’s Reflections on Liberation
Presentation by Clarice Wilsey
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
7:00 pm
Browsing Room, Knight Library
1501 Kincaid St.
David B. Wilsey, M.D. was one of 27 physicians that liberated Dachau Concentration Camp on April 29, 1945. He spent the next 5 plus weeks providing medical care to former prisoners who experienced starvation, typhus, typhoid and malnutrition. He documented his medical and personal thoughts in the many letters he sent home to his wife. To his patients he was a light amidst the evil and cruelty caused by the Nazis.
Clarice Wilsey will read from the letters and describe the work and thoughts of her remarkable father.
Refreshments provided
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies and the Singer Family.
Semmy Stahlhammer and Isabel Blommé a special collaboration with Chamber Music Amici
Temple Beth Israel Center for Jewish Life 2016
“Codename Barber” book talk, with klezmer interludes
Wednesday, April 13, 7:30pm
Temple Beth Israel
Free, Donations accepted
“Tchaikovsky & Klezmer” concert
Sunday, April 17, 3:00pm
Monday, April 18, 7:30pm
Wildish Community Theater
Tickets $25-$32, Group rate $15 (4 or more), Student rate $5
Call 541-953-9204 for tickets
TBI is proud to host Codename Barber, a book talk by author Semmy Stahlhammer with Klezmer selections from Semmy and Isabel Blommé, joined by accordionist Sergei Teleshev of Trio Voronezh. About the book: The Nazi threat emerges from Germany 1933 and shatters the small town life in eastern Poland. The teenager Mischa Stahlhammer manages to escape from a German work camp. He survives and after the war he ends up in Sweden. His son Semmy tells the story of what a boy, his family and friends had to live through in Poland before, during and after the Second World War, and how love gives him back the will to live – and the strength to create a new life in a foreign land. Semmy Stahlhammer is First Concertmaster of the Stockholm Royal Opera and leader of Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic. The musicians will also present a full concert with Chamber Music Amici on April 17th and 18th at the Wildish Theater.