Anne Frank: A History for Today Lessons
for Humanity Exhibition
Sponsored by Holocaust Survivors
& Friends Education Center

At Sarazen Student Union Siena College

February 24 through March 24, 2002

With Art Exhibit: Afterimages: Traces of Memory,
Contemporary Art about the Holocaust"
by artist Susan Erony

The Award Winning film " Dear Kitty"

Anne Frank Eyewitnesses videotape selections

CD Rom tour of the Anne Frank House

For Information and Reservation Forms call 785-0035

The City of Albany and the Town of Colonie
have declared

Anne Frank Day
February 27^th

Hours

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday:
10:00 a.m. — 5 :00 p.m.

Thursday: 10:00 a.m. — 8:00 p.m.

Friday: 10:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday: Noon — 5:00 p.m.

Donation $2. for adults and $1 for students

Created by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Holland this is a state of the art exhibition of 7 foot high self- lit constructions with color photographs, documents and narrative text on fabric depicting a wide selection of family photos, passages from the Diary of Anne frank and testimony of Holocaust survivors, helpers, and victims of the Nazi onslaught. The message conveys the tolerance strength and hope in the face of adversity and that discrimination and bigotry are wrong and dangerous.

Calendar of Events

Anne Frank Day Wednesday February 27^th

6:30 private tours and 7:30 Program

Opening Celebration with Sir Jack Polak,survivor of Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp where Anne Frank died and Chairman Emeritus of the Anne Frank Center USA and author of new book " Steal a Pencil for Me" program donation $25 for hor d’oeuvres reception.

All the Lectures below are free
and Open to the Public

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Wednesday March 4^th 7:30 p.m.
Roger Bacon Hall 202

"Processing Trauma through the Arts: Echoes and Afterimages of the Holocaust" by the Creative Arts Department Faculty of Siena College.

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Wednesday March 6^th 7:30 p.m. Sarazan Student Union 243

" Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black
in Nazi Germany" - Hans Massaquoi

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Wednesday March 13^th 7:30 p.m. Sarazan Student Union 243

"The Last Chapter: The Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals in America"

Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Office of
Special Investigations of the U.S. Justice Department

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Friday March 15^th 12:30 p.m. Library 26

" International Artistic Collaboration
in the Aftermath of Violence"

Susan Erony, Boston artist whose work is featured
in the Exhibition about her acclaimed
collaboration with a German Artist

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March 17^th

1:00 p.m. Preview of new film " Desperate Hours" about the Holocaust in Turkey with section on priest who later became Pope John Paul XXIII with producer Dr. Michael Berenbaum

2:15 p.m. Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Keynote Address: The Legacy of Anne Frank: Education in the 21^st Century

4:00 p.m. Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust
with two rescuers Marion Pritchard and Jaap Penraat

5:30 p.m. Dinner with the Speakers Couvert:
$36 donation

Reservations Required

7:00 p.m. Anna Rosmus " Against the Stream: Fighting for Truth in History"
The real-life heroine of the Oscar nominated German film " The Nasty Girl"

8:00 p.m. Dr. Dienke Hondius "Absent: The Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam" with a survivor of the Jewish Lyceum Ruth Klemens

Monday March 18^th Educator’s Conference Day

Reservations Required

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Wednesday March 20^th 7:30 p.m. Sarazan Student Union 243

" Anti-Semitism in Germany Universities
in the Weimar Period"
Dr. Arthur Brenner, History Department Siena College

Film Series and Lecture Series

A film and lecture series will be held at selected dates from March 4 to Aril 21, 2002. [details]

Conference Sponsors

Conference is held at
Siena College
515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, New York

For more information, a Conference Program
and reservations call (518) 785-0035.

Email: Survivors@crisny.org