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The Cultural Life in the Terezin Ghetto
In November 2019, the Weiss-Livnat International Center for Holocaust Research and Education, in cooperation with the Czech Embassy in Israel hosted a series of events commemorating the cultural and spiritual resistance of those imprisoned in the Terezin Ghetto during the Holocaust.
Over two days, residents of Haifa were invited to enjoy:
-Art exhibition, “Perspectives, Possible Ways of Grasping Reality”–the works of Gertrude, and Emmanuel Groag, and their son Wilhelm.
-A screening of the film “Defiant Requiem” which tells the story of Raphael Schechter, a choir conductor who led Terezin inmates in a unique performance of Verdi’s Requiem.
-Lecture by musicologist Prof. Lubomír Spurný, from the University of Masaryk in Brno on music created by composers in the Terezin Ghetto.
-Concert performed by soprano Irena Troupová and pianist Jan Dušek – Works by composers imprisoned in Terezin.
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The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivor Exhibition
The Weiss-Livnat International Center for Holocaust Research and Education, The Embassy of Switzerland, and the Gamaraal Foundation were pleased to host the international exhibition, The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors in March 2019
This traveling exhibition tells the story of fourteen Holocaust survivors from European countries, who found refuge in Switzerland after World War II. Some had survived concentration camps and extermination camps; others had saved themselves by escaping or hiding. The exhibition gives them a voice and a platform to tell their stories.
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“Who Will Write Our History” Film Screening
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2019, the Weiss-Livnat International Center for Holocaust Research and Education participated in the global screening of the film ‘Who Will Write Our History.’
The film was shown to senior high school students from the local ‘Reali’ high school and was accompanied by a short lecture on the importance of historical archives. Students also participated in the international social media campaign to mark Holocaust Remembrance day by holding up signs that say “We Remember.”
Arrivals, Departures: The Oscar Ghez Collection
In 1978, Dr. Oscar Ghez de Castelnuovo (1905-1988) donated 137 works of art to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in order to establish a “Memorial to Jewish Artists, Victims of Nazism.” Consisting of paintings, drawings, and sculptures, the collection showcases the works of 18 Jewish artists who lived in Paris before the Holocaust. Following the Nazi invasion of France, many were arrested by the Nazis and their French collaborators and interned in the French transit camps of Drancy, Gurs, Compiègne before being deported the death camps of Eastern Europe. In 2017, our MA students worked with Dr. Rachel Perry to research these 18 artists and compiled a catalog dedicated the lives and works of these artists. We are proud to share the digital version of the catalog, which is available to view here.
In the Spring of 2018 we were excited to open the exhibition Arrivals, Departures; The Oscar Ghez Collection in the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa. Select students were given the opportunity to work with Dr. Rachel Perry as interns, curating and installing the exhibition. The exhibition ran for six months, after which time it was preserved indefinitely as a digital, online exhibition for the world to enjoy. Click here to enjoy the virtual exhibition, Arrivals, Departures, The Oscar Ghez Collection