Wednesday, April 10
Photo Credit: Karen Frostig
This second in a two-day series of events is an opportunity to reclaim the memory of people who died in the Jungfernhof concentration camp in Riga, Latvia, as well as the history of unmarked graves in the Waltham area. Cosponsored by the Center for German and European Studies, Women’s Studies Research Center, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Center for Community Partnerships and Civic Transformation (COMPACT), Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies.
"Memory and the Ethics of Memorialization" Panel
Panelists: Thomas Lutz, emeritus head, Topography of Terror Museum, Berlin; Hannah M. Lessing, secretary general, National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism; Ilya Lensky, director, Jews in Latvia Museum. Facilitator: Karen Frostig, Women’s Studies Research Center scholar and professor of art, Lesley University. Moderator: Laurel Leff, professor of journalism, Northeastern University.
The contemplative program, led by Karen Frostig and cantor Alicia Stillman of Temple Israel, includes the ceremonial installation of the Mourning Shroud for group burial. Closing performance by the Brandeis University Chorus (Robert Duff, director).
Online option: A video interview with five Jungfernhof survivors and a presentation on the search for a mass grave at the Jungfernhof camp will be live streamed on Zoom.
Register to attend the Zoom webinarDirector Karen Frostig interviews "Five Survivors of the Jungfernhof concentration camp,” that captures rare footage of five survivors reconvening, 80 years after liberation. multi-year search for a lost mass grave at the Jungfernhof concentration camp. 3:10 pm
Original contemporary pointe choreography interacting with the Light of Reason. Irina Znamirowski ‘24, choreographer. Dancers: Irina Znamirowski '24, Grace Delaney '26, Carrie Wong '27.
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Brandeis University Library is sponsoring a poetry open mic night. Light refreshments will be provided. All in the Brandeis community are encouraged to attend, and to read a poem or just listen! Featuring Greg Roitbourd '26 and other members of the Creative Writing program. This is an open event, and all in the Brandeis community are encouraged to participate, either by stepping up to the mic with a poem or two, or simply dropping in to listen!