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Peter
Kleinmann Tribute Page
Our Peter
Kleinmann's tribute page also links to his page from the
Canadian Jewish Virtual Museum and Archives website. The CJVMA
page is both a memoir and a resource for the Kleinmann Family
Foundation's Holocaust Symposium.
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Visit
the photography display in the F200 Carrefour
"About
Auschwitz"
An
exhibit of photographs and information by
former Vanier College photography teacher|
Judith Lermer Crawley
View
the exhibition online.
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The
Symposium organizers are grateful for the generous support
of:
The
Kleinmann Family Foundation, The Burman Wajcer Memorial Fund,
The Vanier College Teachers' Association, the Faculty of Social
Science, Commerce, Arts and Letters, the Faculty of Science
and General Studies, the Peter D. Kleinmann Memorial Scholarship
Fund and the Vanier College Students' Association.
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Teachers
wishing to bring their students to Symposium events should
contact Neil Caplan by
email or
by telephone at 744-7500 ext. 7152 to ascertain whether sufficient
seating exists or can be arranged.
Vanier
College is proud to offer the following schedule of speakers, films
and events.
Fourteenth
Annual Cégep Holocaust Symposium
2007
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Note:
Locations or times are subject to change.
Please refer to this website for the latest updates.
PRINTER-FRIENDLY
UPDATED PDF VERSION OF THE SCHEDULE
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Pre-Symposium
Presentation on the U.N. Holocaust Outreach Programme
Tuesday, March
27th, at 4:00 pm at
McGill University, Arts W215. |
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Faculty,
staff and friends are cordially invited to a presentation by
Kimberly Mann, Chief, Special Projects Unit: Public Relations
Section at the United Nations in New York. Ms Mann will be speaking
on The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme.
For
more information, email Naomi Kramer of the KFF at
naomikramer@videotron.ca.
More on the Holocaust and U.N. Outreach Programme:
http://www.un.org/holocaustremembrance/emainpage.shtml |
Thursday
April 12th:
4:00-5:30
in the Vanier Amphitheatre, room B223
Robert Satloff, "Countering
Holocaust Denial in the Middle East: A New Approach"
Lecture will
be followed by a book signing in room B221 from 5:30-6:00.
More
on Robert Satloff
Event Co-sponsored by VCSA and Vanier College
Bookstore |
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Friday
April 13th:
8:30-10:00
in room N186
Rémy Sealey, Vanier
Music Student:
"Religious Persecution in China: The Case of Falun Gong"
More about Rémy Sealey
Teachers: Ray Shankman and Gordon Aronoff |
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12:00-2:30
in the Vanier Amphitheatre, room B223
FILM: "Prisoner of Paradise"
with director Malcolm Clarke
More on this film
Teacher: Ingrid Mittmannsgruber |
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11:30-1:00
in room N186
Tara
Tavender, "Student Activism and the Darfur Crisis"
More on Tara Tavender
Teacher: Tricia Bell |
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11:30-1:00
in room N515
Hon. David Kilgour, "Organ
Harvesting and the Persecution
of Falun Gong in China"
More on David Kilgour
Teachers: Martha Bernstein and Gordon Aronoff |
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Monday
April 16th:
11:30-1:00
in room N186
Yehudi Lindeman, 'The Persecuted
and the Saved:
A Personal Account'
Read
a brief bio of Mr. Lindeman.
Teacher: Frédérique Denis |
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Tuesday
April 17th:
8:00-9:45
in room N271
Yehudi
Lindeman, 'The Persecuted and the Saved:
A Personal Account'
Read
a brief bio of Mr. Lindeman.
Teacher: Ray Shankman
10:00-11:45
in room A340
Yehudi
Lindeman, 'The Persecuted and the Saved:
A Personal Account'
Read
a brief bio of Mr. Lindeman.
Teacher: Angelika Maeser-Lemieux |
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12:00-2:00 in room
B324
Marcel Braitstein, Holocaust survivor
and sculptor
Find out more about Marcel
Braitstein
Teacher: Jeanne Masterson
12:00-2:00 in room
N375
FILM: "Once a Nazi …"
with directors Frederic Bohbot and Evan Beloff
More on this film
Teacher: Lisa Jorgensen
2:00-3:30 in room
N201
Musia Schwartz, Holocaust survivor
Teacher: Sophie Jacmin + by INTERNET to Sept-Îles
2:00-3:45 in room
N568
Marcel Braitstein, Holocaust survivor
and sculptor
Find out more about Marcel
Braitstein
Teacher: Angelika Maeser-Lemieux
4:00-5:45 in the Vanier
Amphitheatre, room B223
Musia Schwartz, Holocaust
survivor
Teachers: Maureen Jones and Marcia Goldberg
4:00-5:30 in room
N229
FILM: "Paper Clips"
More on this film
Teacher: Bev Mendelson
Wednesday
April 18th:
8:00-9:45
in room N516
Yehudi
Lindeman, 'The Persecuted and the Saved:
A Personal Account'
Read
a brief bio of Mr. Lindeman.
Teacher: Ray Shankman |
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10:00-11:45 in the
Vanier Amphitheatre, room B223
FILM: "Once a Nazi …"
with directors Frederic Bohbot and Evan Beloff
More on this film
Teachers: Lisa Jorgensen and Sophie Jacmin
10:30-12:00 in room
N568
FILM: "Paper Clips"
More on this film
Teachers: Bev Mendelson and Marcia Goldberg
SPECIAL
EVENT:
1:30-3:00
in room N186 (Boardroom)
Holocaust Commemoration
Teachers:
Marcia Goldberg + Sevak Manjikian
(Reception in room N181)
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Thursday
April 19th:
8:00-9:45
in room N529
Prof. Frank Chalk: "Sudan
Government Radio as an advance indicator of Sudan's policies
in Darfur and southern Sudan."
More
on Professor Chalk
Teacher: Sevak Manjikian |
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9:00-10:30
in room D541
Lili Petrovic, "Crimes
against Humanity: From the Nuremberg Trials to Today's International
Tribunals"
More on Lili Petrovic
Teacher: Lili Petrovic |
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10:00-11:30 in room
N515
Martha Bernstein, "Jewish Youth
in France during World War II"
Teacher: Richard Basciano
2:30-4:00
in the Vanier Amphitheatre, room B223
Max Beer - " 'What else
could we have done?':
The Montreal Jewish Community and the Holocaust"
More on Max Beer
Teacher: Frédérique Denis |
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4:00-5:30
in room N231
Ray Shankman - "The
Rape of Nanking"
More on Ray Shankman
Teacher: Richard Basciano |
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Saturday
April 21st:
10:30-12:00
in the Vanier Amphitheatre, room B223
Max Beer - " 'What else
could we have done?':
The Montreal Jewish Community and the Holocaust"
More on Max Beer
Teachers: Frédérique Denis and Salwa Ghaly |
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Malcolm
Clarke will show and discuss his award-winning film, “Prisoner
of Paradise”, the startling true story of Kurt
Gerron, a well known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director
and cabaret star in Berlin in the 1920's and '30's.
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Malcolm
Clarke, Director/Producer of "Prisoner
of Paradise"
will be on hand to present and discuss his film.
- Friday,
April 13th: 12:00-2:30 in the Vanier Amphitheatre,
room B223
Read a
brief biography of this
Academy Award-winning filmmaker.
BACK
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Directors
Frederic Bohbot and Evan Beloff will appear as part of this
year's Holocaust Symposium to screen their award-winning
documentary "ONCE A NAZI..." and then discuss
it afterwards.
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Frederic
Bohbot and Evan Beloff, Directors of "Once
a Nazi..." will be on hand to present and discuss
their film on:
- Tuesday,
April 17th in N375 from 12-2
- Wednesday, April 18th in B223 from 10-12
Read more
about this film and the
directors.
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Another
movie highlight of this year's Holocaust Symposium will
be the screening of inspirational film "Paper Clips".
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You
can view this extraordinary film on:
- Tuesday,
April 17th in N229 from 4-5:30
- Wednesday, April 18th in N568 from 10:30-12
Find out
more about this film.
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OTHER
RECOMMENDED HOLOCAUST WEB SITES:
The
Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education,
Remembrance and Research
The
Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme
A
HIGHLIGHT FROM PREVIOUS SYMPOSIUM WEBSITES
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From
2004
Discover
the role that Georges P. Vanier, the
namesake of this college, played in the Holocaust.
Read the
whole story.
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Teachers
wishing to bring their students to Symposium events should
contact Neil Caplan by
email or
by telephone at 744-7500 ext. 7152 to ascertain whether sufficient
seating exists or can be arranged.
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