Union College is hosting a series of exhibits and special events designed to teach a new generation the lessons of the Holocaust: how prejudice led to genocide, and how to understand and counteract racism and discrimination.
The program runs March 15 through April 23.
Featured will be two simultaneous photo exhibits in the Nott Memorial: French
Children of the Holocaust — A Memorial Exhibition and Of Light Amidst the
Darkness — The Danish Rescue.
The program opens March 15 with a visit to Union by Serge and Beate
Klarsfeld, internationally known since the 1960s for their determined campaign to bring
former Nazis and French collaborators to justice. (Mr. Klarsfeld is author of the book on
which the French Children of the Holocaust exhibit is based.)
Of Light Amidst the Darkness — The Danish Rescue features
photographs by Judith Ellis Glickman, who in 1992 photographed Danish resistance leaders,
rescuers, survivors, and sites relating to the Resistance.
Specially trained docents will lead exhibit tours and discussions for
local students and members of local organizations. A study guide will be available to help
teachers and students continue the discussion in their classrooms.
More details will follow in future editions of the Chronicle.