KRISTALLNACHT COMMEMORATIVE EVENT
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE “NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS” FOCUS OFSPECIAL SERIES OF FREE EVENTS AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERISTY
FILM SCREENINGS, AUTHOR TALKS, ART EXHIBITION AND MORE
October 28 through December 22, 2013
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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November 2013 marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, also referred to as the Night of the Broken Glass, a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on November 9-10, 1938. Montclair State University will commemorate the event with a special series of free events from October 28 to December 22, 2013 that include film screenings; an art exhibition featuring print illustrations of German and Austrian synagogues destroyed during Kristallnacht and the Third Reich; award-winning author discussions; presentations by experts; and a talk by a holocaust survivor who spent three years in labor and concentration camps and undertook a 500-mile bicycle trek to locate her mother after liberation.
"This extraordinary series of events touches upon the rich history, culture, religion, philosophy and art of this tumultuous period in German Jewish history,” said Steven Shapiro, project director for the program and librarian at the University's Sprague library. "It is made possible through the remarkable collaborative efforts of many partners."
Sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest and Temple Ner Tamid of Bloomfield, the program is presented by the University’s College of the Arts, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Global Education Center, Harry A. Sprague Library, Jewish American Studies, Office of Equity and Diversity, and the Holocaust and Genocide Resource Center of Montclair State University.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information and a calendar of events, click here.
