memory & legacy
Wed., Sep 02
The Southern Connecticut State University Multicultural Center,
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven,
and The Greater New Haven Holocaust Memory present
August 31 - October 30, 2009
Monday - Friday • 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
SCSU Multicultural Center
Adanti Student Center 234
The New Haven Holocaust Memorial was erected in 1977 by Holocaust survivors on land donated by the city of New Haven. The SCSU Multicultural Center is proud to bring the Memory & Legacy exhibit to our campus to tell the story of the first Holocaust memorial built on public land, and to preserve these memories for future generations, promoting tolerance and understanding, so the words "never again" are a reality.
Free & open to the public
School & community groups welcome
With support from SCSU Judaic Studies Program, SCSU English Department,
SCSU Student Support Services, SCSU Biology Department, SCSU Public
Affairs Office, and the SCSU Political Science Department.
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schedule of events
Please join us for an opening reception for Holocaust survivors, the New Haven and SCSU communities. The reception will include a welcome from the SCSU President Norton, testimony from survivors, a memory ceremony with SCSU staff, students and faculty, reflections, musical entertainment, and more.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 • 1 p.m.
Adanti Student Center 201
RSVP: brownd2@southernct.edu
Info: (203) 392-5888
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Film Screening: Schindler's List - Free and open to the public
• Part 1: Monday, September 21, 2009 • 12 p.m.
• Part 2: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 • 12 p.m.
Adanti Student Center 201
• Tuesday, September 29, 2009 • 5 p.m. (both parts)
Adanti Student Center 301
Schindler's List is being shown in honor of the Memory & Legacy exhibit and reception, to help effect positive change in each of us by overcoming racial and cultural divides. This movie is one of the most powerful movies of all time. It tells the compelling true story of the German businessman Oskar Schindler, who comes to Nazi-occupied Poland looking for economic prosperity and leaves as a savior of more than 1,100 Jews. A charming and sly entrepreneur, Schindler bribes and befriends the Nazi authorities to gain control of a factory in Krakow by Aryanization, which he staffs with Jewish slave-laborers. Soon he is making a fortune. Among the Jews who work for him is Itzhak Stern, the plant manager, who in his benevolence sees to it that Schindler's workforce includes the most vulnerable and cherished members of Krakow's Jewish community.
MOVIE FYI: This 1993 film was a box office success and recipient of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielberg), and Best Original Score. The running time is 3 hours and 15 minutes.
