“Annual Holocaust Awareness Film Series”
-Tuesday April 13, 7 p.m. Upham 255
-attend film and discussion
-provide an overview of the film and also insert your voice into the discussion
-1 page response
“Survivor Soulmates”
-Survivor Soulmates
David Gewirtzman was an 11-year old Jewish boy when the Nazis occupied his hometown of Losice, Poland. He and his family survived by hiding in a tiny pit in a farmer’s barnyard. Eugenie Mukeshimana was 23 years old, married, and eight months pregnant when the genocide in Rwanda broke out. She and her husband were attacked and forced to flee their home. They hid with friends and then on the night of May 8, 1994 her daughter was born and she was discovered by the militia and taken to the killing site where she and her daughter were held in captivity until the fall of Kigali to the Rwanda Patriotic Army. Since immigrating to the United States, Eugenie has been committed to sharing her story.
She learned of David’s presentations about the Holocaust and they began speaking together. Today, the two are “soulmates” who speak about their experiences, their roads to forgiveness and hope, and the strength of the human spirit.
-Wednesday April 14, 4:30-6 p.m.
-MacMillan Hall 212
-write a two page response in which you give your perspective on the idea of “soulmates” and how they think about/conceptualize their connection.
“The Search for Josef Mengele”
-David Marwell, Director, Museum of Jewish Heritage
“The Search for Josef Mengele”
As the Chief of Investigative Research at the U.S. Department of Justice, Dr. Marwell was deeply involved in the search for Josef Mengele, the Nazi “Angel of Death.” Marwell will describe the international manhunt and forensic investigation into the whereabouts and identification of the infamous Auschwitz doctor using newly declassified, and previously unknown material from the case files. Illustrated with unpublished photographs and documents, this talk will take you behind the scenes of one of the largest and most complex historical investigations ever undertaken.
Following the presentation, there will be a community dinner at Hillel Foundation, 11 East Walnut Street.
To reserve a place at dinner, please contact Dorothy Falke at falkeda@muohio.edu or 529-8309 by April 9.
-Thursday April 15, 4:30-6 p.m.
-MacMillan 212
-Write a two page response in which you discuss what is at stake in caputuring Josef Mengele and the importance in general of finding and brining to justice those who have committed these crimes.
