Presented by Northeastern University's College of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Holocaust Awareness Commitee, and the Northeastern Humanities Center
Where
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Stories of Slave Labor and the Art of Freedom
Registration is required for the Northeastern Holocaust Commemoration breakfast on Monday, January 25 at 8 a.m. Please click here.
RSVP is encouraged for all other events listed below. Events are free and open to the public.
Monday, January 25, 5 - 6:30 p.m., 90 Snell Library, 376 Huntington Avenue
"Silence of the Quandts" Film
A film revealing BMW's disturbing use of forced labor during the Nazi regime
Bill Giessen Film Series
Tuesday, January 26, 12 - 1 p.m., 909 Renaissance Park, 1135 Tremont Street
Philip N. Backstrom, Jr. Survivor Lecture Series
A talk with Holocaust survivor, Max Michelson
Wednesday, January 27, 4 - 5:30 p.m., International Village, 1155 Tremont Street
"Letters to Sala" Exhibit Opening and Reception
Remarks by author Ann Kirschner and curator Jill Vexler; Service led by Alexander Kern and Eli Herb
Exhibit will be open to the public from January 20 - February 18, 2016, in International Village,1155 Tremont Street.
Presented in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves and the Jewish Community Relations Council
Wednesday, January 27, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Raytheon Amphitheater, 120 Forsyth Street
Telling Sala's Holocaust Story: Her Letters' Journey into a Book, Exhibit, Play, and Film
Sala’s daughter Ann Kirschner, author of Sala’s Gift, will introduce and moderate a panel that includes playwright Arlene Hutton, documentarian Murray Nossel, and curator Jill Vexler who will discuss how they transformed the original letters into various media.
The 24th Annual Robert Salomon Morton Lecture is sponsored by the Robert S. Morton Lecture Fund and the Gustel Cormann Giessen Memorial Fund at Northeastern University.
Thursday, January 28, 4 - 6 p.m., 909 Renaissance Park, 1135 Tremont Street
A Staged Reading of the Play “Letters to Sala”
Written by Arlene Hutton; Directed by Paula Plum
In partnership with Northeastern’s Department of Theatre
