Darfur lecture part of Holocaust education series
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre presents the 10th annual Holocaust Education Series until November 25. Lectures, films, exhibits, and survivor testimonies offer opportunities to remind us of the importance of human rights.
A service and candle-lighting ceremony will mark Kristallnacht, 7:30 pm Thursday, November 8 at Congregation Beth Israel Beth Aaron, 6800 Mackle. Info: 514-487-1323.
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum, 5151 Côte-Ste-Catherine Rd, offers free admission Sunday, November 11. The museum houses over 418 artifacts, 372 photographs, and 20 films. Info: 514-345-2605.
Paragraph 175 is a documentary film that sheds light on the plight of thousands of German homosexuals interned in Nazi concentration camps. It screens at 7:30 pm, Tuesday, November 13 at the Maison de la Culture Frontenac, 2550 Ontario E. Info: 514-872-7882.
Christos Nicola tells the story of the Stermer family, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in the labyrinth of Ukrainian caves known as Priest ’s Grotto. The lecture is 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 14 at the Jewish Public Library, 5151 C ôte-Ste-Catherine Rd. Info: 514-345 2627 ext. 3017.
Janie Respitz shares her lifelong passion for Jewish history and folklore in Songs of the Holocaust, Thursday, November 15. The concert includes songs written and performed in the Ghettos of Poland. The event is 2:30 pm at the Newman Center, 3484 Peel. Info: 514-398-4106.
Linda Cauthen Klein lectures on Reconnecting Lives, how Holocaust survivors and their families can obtain new information on the fate of missing loved ones. Klein works as Director of the American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information Center in Baltimore. The lecture is 7:30 pm, Monday, November 19 at the Gelber Conference Centre, 5151, C ôte-Ste-Catherine Rd. Info: 514-345-2605.
Learn about the ongoing crisis in Sudan at Darfur: Silence is not an Option, 7:30 pm, Tuesday, November 20 at Gelber Conference Centre, 5151 C ôte-Ste-Catherine Rd. The lecture offers a progress report on humanitarian aid organizations. Info: 514-345-2605.
Primo Levi (1919-1987): Writer & Witness commemorates the 20th anniversary of the death of this chemist, writer and Holocaust survivor, November 24 & 25. The lecture is at UQAM’s Pavillion Athanse-David, 1430 St. Denis. Call for times. Info: josephlevy@vdn.ca
Testimony of the Human Spirit, a documentary following six men who were children in Europe during the Third Reich, will be screened 2:30 pm, Sunday, November 25 at Cinema du Parc, 3575 Parc. $10, seniors/students $7. Info: 514-281-1900.
