Holocaust educator Dr. Racelle Weiman will give a presentation entitled “A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black U.S. Soldiers and Holocaust Survivors”
Tuesday, April 10, in Ann Belk Hall, Room 233 at 11 a.m.
Organized by the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
This event is open to the public and no tickets are required.
In the immediate aftermath of the Spring 1945 U.S.’s Army liberation of the satellite camp of Ohrdruf on April 4, 1945, Nisan 21, the last day of Passover--the Festival of Freedom--a segregated Black Quartermasters' unit “adopted” and hid two Polish Jewish boys illegally within their barracks. The extraordinary discoveries, the perspectives, the prejudices and misconceptions and ultimate philosophical, theological and existential understandings between them will be at the center of the talk.
Dr. Weiman has 30 years of professional expertise in Holocaust Studies and Interreligious/Interethnic Dialogue, with a focus on educational multi-media tools and skills, leadership development and community-building. She specializes in designing creative and transformative approaches to minority rights and prejudice reduction. Her groundbreaking work in the field of Holocaust and Genocide education, conflict resolution and interreligious dialogue includes the production of award winning films and curriculum, and the development and execution of exhibitions of all sizes and mediums, festivals and conferences, international tours and projects, workshops, academic courses and leadership training, and social entrepreneurship on a global level.
For more information, please call the Center at 828.262.2311 or email holocaust@appstate.edu.
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About the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies was founded in 2002 to develop new educational opportunities for students, teachers and the community. Located administratively within the College of Arts and Sciences, the center seeks to strengthen tolerance, understanding and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history, teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust, and utilizing these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for human improvement and the prevention of further genocides. The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies is an associate institutional member of the Association of Jewish Studies, a member of the Association of Holocaust Organizations and a member of the North Carolina Consortium of Jewish Studies.
Holocaust educator Dr. Racelle Weiman will give a presentation entitled “A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black U.S. Soldiers and Holocaust Survivors”
Holocaust educator Dr. Racelle Weiman will give a presentation entitled “A Dialogue on ‘Freedom’ in 1945: Black U.S. Soldiers and Holocaust Survivors”