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Holocaust Genocide Studies Project Events for Spring 2007


As the fall semester comes to a close and as you prepare coursework for the spring, please keep in mind the following events that may add to your students’ learning experiences during the upcoming semester. The following events are hosted by the student members of the Holocaust Genocide Studies Project and, unless noted, all activities are free and open to the MCC community and the general public.

As in the past, the HGSP is happy to accommodate full classes with prior notification. We encourage you to also consider participation in HGSP activities and events as extra credit opportunities for your students.

For more information, please contact Charlie Clarke, Psychology, at <
mailto:cclarke@monroecc.edu> or Linda Ingraham at <mailto:lingraham@monroecc.edu>.

Spring 2007 Upcoming Events*

Film: “A Love to Hide”
Directed by Christian Faure
Thursday, February 15, 6 pm
Flynn Campus Center Forum, 3-130
This film stars Jérémie Renier and Louise Monot. It tells the story of a young Jewish girl, Sara, who is looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich and finds herself sheltered by an old friend, Jean, whose status as a member of the "third" sex soon leads the Gestapo pounding on his door. Though safe for the moment thanks to Jean's quick-thinking plan, Sara watches in horror as her homosexual protector is forced into a Nazi labor camp as a tragic result of a bad decision made by Jean's troublesome brother Jacques.

Guest Speaker: Stephen Mize, archivist, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Thursday, March 1, 7 pm
Warshof Conference Center, Flynn Campus Center (Monroe A/B)
Learn about the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. from the perspective of Archivist Stephen Mize. Since the museum opened in April 1993, over 24 million people, including 2,700 officials from 131 countries have visited the museum. This exclusive presentation is the perfect precursor to the Holocaust Genocide Studies Project’s annual trip the museum in April.

Film: “Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man”
Directed by Alberto Negrin
Wednesday, March 14, 7 pm
Flynn Campus Center Forum, 3-130
The film is based on the true story of Italian fascist Giorgio Perlasca who was in Hungary during the Nazi persecution of Jews in Budapest. Shocked by what he saw, he used his “fascist credentials” to fool the authorities into believing he was a Spanish Consul, saving more than 5,000 Jews from extermination. The film stars Luca Zingaretti, Jerome Anger and Amanda Sandrelli.

Book Discussion: “Suite Française” by Irène Némirovsky
Monday, March 19, Noon
LeRoy V. Good Library, Room 2-440 (Faculty Study Room)
Suite Française is “a brilliant novel of wartime and an extraordinary historical document.” (BookClubs.ca) The novel tells the story of the exodus from Paris after the German invasion of 1940, and life under the Nazi occupation. Esteemed French novelist Némirovsky wrote the book as events unfolded around her. This haunting masterpiece has been hailed by critics as the “War and Peace” for World War II.

Rwandan Genocide Commemoration
Monday, April 2, Noon
Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center (Monroe A/B)
Monroe Community College and the Town of Brighton will remember the 800,000 lives lost in 100 days in 1994 through a special commemorative event, featuring guest speakers, musical performances and a visual time line chronicling Rwanda’s progression to genocide.

Annual United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Trip
April 10 – 12 (spring break)
Washington, D.C. (student scholarships available)
Visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum—America’s national institution for the documentation, study and interpretation of Holocaust history—with members of the Holocaust Genocide Studies Project at MCC. Participants take advantage of private lecture and discussion opportunities with museum experts. This year’s trip will cost approximately $350-400 per person and includes air transportation to Washington, D.C, hotel with double occupancy, admission to the museum and a ticket to a theatrical performance. Please call Linda Ingraham at 292.3321 if you are interested in the trip.

17th annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration
Tuesday, April 24
Flynn Campus Center
From the reading of Holocaust survivor names to candle lighting, the Holocaust Genocide Studies Project will once again fill the Flynn Campus Center with opportunities to learn and reflect on the many lessons of the Holocaust. Local survivors will be onsite throughout the day to share their stories with students, faculty and staff. Community leaders will return to MCC’s Brighton Campus to take part and remember.

Non-Governmental Organization Fair
Tuesday, May 8
Flynn Campus Center Atrium
When Lt. General (retired) Romeo Dallaire visited MCC in 2005, he noted that becoming active in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is one way to impact human rights and prevent future genocides. An NGO is an organization that is not directly part of the structure of government, such as the International Red Cross, Human Rights Watch and EarthTrust. The United States has an estimated 2 million NGOs, most of them formed in the past 30 years. This fair will bring representatives of NGOs to campus to share information and involvement opportunities with MCC students.

Thank you to all who support the Holocaust Genocide Studies Project!

* Events are subject to change. A complete calendar of events will be maintained on the HGSP Web page at HYPERLINK "
https://www.monroecc.edu/go/holocaust" during the spring semester.

Rosanna Condello
College and Community Relations
12/21/2006