Greenville Technical College will present a Holocaust Remembrance Week from November 9 – 13, 2014 at the Barton Main Campus in downtown Greenville, SC. Events will include film and discussion, scholar presentations, and a live talk from two Holocaust survivors. SC Humanities supported this programming with a Mini Grant in September 2014.
The goal of Holocaust Remembrance Week is to keep the awareness of the Holocaust alive through a variety of events that will educate Greenville’s general public as well as students and faculty of Greenville Technical College. Partners in this effort include the Jewish Federation of Greenville, Congregation Beth Israel, the Temple of Israel, and the Greenville County Library.
Five events commemorating the Holocaust are planned for the remembrance week, including:
Sunday, November 9, 2014 – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Kristallnacht Program – A Reading and Candle Light Vigil
A program of dramatic pictures and readings, followed by a candlelight vigil
Presented by Greenville Technical College
Location: Greenville Technical College (TRC Auditorium), Barton Campus, Greenville, SC
Open to the public
Info: 864-250-8536
Monday, November 10, 2014 – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Timeline to the Holocaust: Presentations of Important Events Leading up to the Holocaust
Presentations by Greenville Tech faculty, including:
Clark Britain – “Origins of Anti-Semitism”
Malcolm Munson – “Nietzche and the Genealogy of Morals”
Lori Copeland – “Ideas of Eugenics”
Michael Bryan – “Nuremberg Laws”
Lucy Hoffman – “The Disabled and Elderly”
Justin Eaddy – “Einsatzgruppen”
Lee McAbee – “Wannsee Conference”
Shannon O’Bryan – “Evolution of the Camps from Work to Death”
Location: Greenville Technical College (TRC Auditorium), Barton Campus, Greenville, SC
Open to the public
Info: 864-250-8536
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 – 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Student Storyboards on the Holocaust: A Self-Paced Walking Tour
Students from the humanities department will display their Holocaust research on storyboards. Feel free to take a self-paced walking tour through these presentations.
Location: Greenville Technical College (TRC Library), Barton Campus, Greenville, SC
Open to the public
Info: 864-250-8536
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 – 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Movie Screening – “Falkenau the Impossible”
Falkenau the Impossible is a documentary film about the liberation of a Nazi death camp in Czechoslovakia
A Q& A will follow the screening
Location: Greenville Technical College (TRC Library), Barton Campus, Greenville, SC
Open to the public
Info: 864-250-8536
Thursday, November 13, 2014 – 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Faces of the Holocaust: Two Women and their Stories of Survival
Trude Heller and Ruth Steinfeld recount their stories of survival
Location: Eastlan Baptist Church, 625 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, South Carolina
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-250-8536
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