Posting for a friend:
You are invited to the opening of an exhibition created by the George
Washington University’s class on “Holocaust Memory” titled
Remembering the Holocaust:
A Story of Loss, Love and Survival
Date: April 14, 2015
Location: The Dr. Yehuda Nir and Dr. Bonnie Maslin Special Exhibition Gallery,
Gelman Library, The George Washington University, 2130 H St NW, Washington, DC
20052, 7th Floor.
Time:
Reception and Viewing of Exhibition: 5:00 PM
Opening Ceremony: 6:00 PM
This exhibition is based on the experiences of two extraordinary young Polish
Jews, Norman and Amalie Petranker Salsitz, most of whose relatives were
murdered in the Holocaust but who, by their courage and wits, survived, met
each other, got married, came to America, raised a family and wrote a gripping
memoir, Against All Odds. The many photographs and documents they saved, and
their utter devotion to memory, enabled them to amass and document a collection
that is utterly unique and that forms the basis of this exhibition. It tells
their story as well as the story of a world that was and is no more.
The opening ceremony will be addressed by Esther Dezube, the daughter of the
Salsitzes; Steven Lerman, the Provost of George Washington University; the
students who created the exhibition; and the course’s instructor, Walter Reich,
GW’s Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor, who is a former Director of the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum. These presentations will be followed by a
general discussion.
An appreciation of Norman Salsitz that tells part of the story of that
extraordinary man, written in 2006 shortly after his death, may be found at
http://forward.com/articles/9541/shoah-survivor-kept-memories-alive/.
See also
http://library.gwu.edu/news-events/posts/remembering-holocaust-story-loss-love-and-survival.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone who might be interested.
RSVP to Rebecca Lee at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or
202-994-0312.
Walter Reich
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human
Behavior
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St., N.W., Room 605D
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: 202-994-5075<tel:202-994-5075>
Fax: 301-656-0106<tel:301-656-0106>
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Website:
http://elliott.gwu.edu/reich-w<http://www.gwu.edu/%7Eelliott/faculty/reich_w.cfm>
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