Sunday, April 7, 2013
STEWART CENTER, Room 214, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana
12:30 PM - Registration
1:00 PM - Conference Opening Session
Session Chair: Susan Prohofsky
Mayors’ Proclamation: Mayor John Dennis, West Lafayette & Mayor Tony Roswarski, Lafayette
Candle lighting, accompanied by “Ani Ma’amim – The Anthem of the Victims”
Candle of Remembrance: Survivors
Candle of Hope: Children, Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren of Survivors
Memorial Prayer: Rabbi Audrey Pollack
1:15 PM - Opening Remarks
Dr. G. Christine Taylor, Vice Provost of Diversity, Purdue University
1:30 PM - Through Soviet Eyes: Photography, War and the Holocaust
The Seventh Rabbi Gedalyah Engel Lecture
David Shneer, Professor of History, University of Colorado
2:30 PM - Connecting Holocaust Memories and Generational Perspectives from Postwar Czechoslovakia -
Alena Heitlinger, Professor of Sociology, Trent University, Ontario, Canada
3:30 PM - The Current Situation in Syria -
Ambassador Feisal al-Istrabadi, Professor of Law, Indiana University
6:00 PM - Dairy Dinner Buffet ($20, adults; $3, students)
Purdue Memorial Union,, Anniversary Drawing Room, second floor
RSVP by April 1: sue@glhrc.org. Pay at door.
STEWART CENTER, Room 214
7:30 PM - THE NEXT GENERATION – Children and Grandchildren of Survivors
Esther Chosnek, Jackie Chosnek, Erin Chosnek, Nina Haberer Moderator
Monday, April 8, 2013
Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St., W. Lafayette
8:30 AM - University Religious Leaders
Breakfast and Conversation with David Shneer, Alena Heitlinger and Ambassador Al-Istrabadi
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center
4:30 PM - Teachers' Workshop: Forgiving Dr. Mengele: A Survivor's Mission to Forgive, but Never Forget
Presented by Eva Kor
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
McCutcheon High School
7:00 PM - Anne Frank and Me (general public performace)
MOVIES
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Krannert Auditorium
6:00 PM - Paragraph 175
Introduced by David Shneer, Professor of History, University of Colorado, discussion follows
Supported by: Purdue University LGBTQ Center
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
West Lafayette Public Library
6:00 PM - Sarah’s Key
Thursday, April 11, 2013
West Lafayette Public Library
6:00 PM - A Generation Apart
