»Previous Holocaust Remembrance Events at Chapman University

Screening of the documentary “The Last Days” with an introduction from Holocaust survivor, Bill Basch

A message of remembrance by Ela Stein Weissberger, original cast member of Brundibár Terezin, 1943

“Choices of Courage: The Rescuers of Le Chambon” Screening of the documentary “Weapons of the Spirit” with reflections from writer, producer, and director, Pierre Sauvage

“The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Choices of Courage” Commemorating the 60th Anniversary Screening of the documentary “Resistance” with an introduction from director and co-writer, Jon Avnet

“A Nation of Rescuers: Denmark and the Holocaust” Screening of the documentary “The Danish Solution” with remarks by Gustav Goldberger, son of the Chief Cantor at the Great Synagogue, Copenhagen, Denmark (1934-46) and Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Energy

Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Camps and V-E Day Screening of the documentary “About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of WWII”

Excerpts from the documentary “And Crown Thy Good: Varian Fry in Marseille” with words from award-winning documentary filmmaker, Pierre Sauvage

“The Unyielding Message of Daniel Pearl” With guest speaker, Professor Judea Pearl, President, The Daniel Pearl Foundation

Tribute in Dance, The Unbroken Spirit, choreographed by Jessica Wanstreet, Major in the Department of Dance Procession and Dedication of Sefer Torah

“Voices Recovered, Voices Remembered” With guest speaker, Maestro James Conlon, Music Director, Los Angeles Opera, Initiator and Director of Recovered Voices (Recovering a Musical Heritage: The Music Suppressed by the Nazis)

“The Holocaust: Why We Remember” With guest speaker, Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Gold/Weinstein Family Visiting Professor of Holocaust History and Jewish Studies, Chapman University and Director, Sigi Ziering Institute, American Jewish University

“Metaphors of Memory: A Witness through the Arts” A program of music, dance and documentary film presented by Chapman University Holocaust History Minors, Class of 2011