Commemorating Those Who “Never Saw Another Butterfly”
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, November 8, 2011 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM | External Event, Alumni Hall 121 St. Joseph Street #400 November 8th, 2011 7 p.m. |
Description
The event will be marking the anniversary of what the Nazis termed Kristallnacht, the destruction of Jewish homes, stores and synagogues on 9-10 November 1938. Cech writer’s Jiří Weil’s remarkable text, Eulogy for 77,297, written in 1959, portrays individuals who were turned into mere numbers, and makes them human again by relaying their stories is being introduced for the first time to the English world in a translation by David Lightfoot (PhD, University of Toronto), alongside the breathtaking photo-essay “Last Folio” by the critically acclaimed Toronto based photographer Yuri Dojc. The well-known and award-winning actress Marilyn Lightstone has kindly agreed to read this text. The internationally successful singer and composer Lenka Lichtenberg will perform Jewish songs.
The event is organized by Professor Veronika Ambros from the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Department Chair Professor Maxim Tarnawsky will open the evening. Also speaking are: Professor Ivan Kalmar, Deputy Chair of the Department of Anthropology, who will introduce the event historically; and Professor Anna Korteweg, Acting Director (2011-2012)
of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Munk School of Global Studies.
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