Sunday, February 19, 2012

Darkness into Life Lecture Series

Birmingham-Southern College is honored to display an educational and lecture series to increase awareness and understanding of the Holocaust entitled "Darkness to Life: Alabama Holocaust Survivors through Photography and Art." Both the exhibition and lectures are free and open to the public.

Monday, February 20th at 7 PM in the Munger Hall Auditorium Guest Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Veidlinger, `The Shoah in a Soviet Shtetl` (EEIS Unit 3635)

Tuesday, February 21st at 11 AM in the Norton Center Theatre Guest Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Veidlinger, `Eastern European Jewish Life` (EEIS Unit 3634)

Thursday, February 23rd at 11 AM in the Norton Center Theatre Guest Speaker: Mr. Max Steinmetz

The Kennedy Art Center's Durbin Gallery features the art of Mitzi J. Levin and the photography of Becky Seitel, which displays personal recollections of 20 Alabama Holocaust survivors. Durbin Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 8:15AM to 4:45PM.

Further exhibition materials can also be found on the main and ground floors of the BSC Library. The main floor features "Children of the Holocaust," while the ground floor presents "The Courage to Remember," a 40 colored posters following the chronology of the Holocaust. BSC Library hours are Monday through Thursday 8AM to midnight, Friday 8AM to 5PM, Saturday 9AM to 5PM and Sunday 2PM to midnight.

For further information, visit: http://www.bsc.edu/communications/news/2012/20120123-holocaust.cfm

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