St. Paul, MN; October 23, 2023
World Without Genocide, in partnership with the Germanic-American Institute and Mount Zion Temple, will host an event to memorialize the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, nights of violence against Jews in Germany and Austria, November 9 and 10, 1938.
Rabbi Spilker will open the program with Kaddish, a memorial prayer for the dead, to honor those who perished in the Holocaust and in other catastrophes. This will be followed by a short readers' theater play, "Germans who Saved Jews during the Holocaust" and a talk by Dr. Andrew Port, author of “Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust.” The program concludes with "The Line," a readers’ theatre dialogue between Nazi resister Sophie Scholl and Hitler's secretary. A dessert reception and book-signing with Dr. Port close the event.
This is a hybrid event, available as a webinar on Zoom or as an in-person event located at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Conservatory and Great Room, 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55105.
The event is open to the public: $10 general public; $5 students and seniors; $25 for two Continuing Legal Education credits for Minnesota lawyers; and free to Mitchell Hamline students. Diversity credits are available for Mitchell Hamline students and the event qualifies as a University of St. Thomas Law Mentor Externship experience.
Registration is required by Wednesday, November 8 at 6:00 pm: www.worldwithoutgenocide.org/kristallnacht
World Without Genocide promotes education and action to protect innocent people, prevent genocide, prosecute perpetrators, and remember those affected by genocide. World Without Genocide is formally associated with the UN Department of Global Communications and is in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council since 2022.
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