2012 Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Events

Spring 2012 Baeumler Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Event. All events take place on the UMD campus and are free and open to the public.

• European Religious Institutions and the Jewish Question Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 12:00 noon inThe Rafters, Kirby Student Center
  Presented by Mrs. Leonore Baeumler, UMD Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Committee, and Dr. Deborah Petersen-Perlman, Associate Professor in the UMD Department of Communication.  This Alworth International Brown-Bag presentation will feature a review of international religious responses to the Holocaust.

• The Deputy, Act IVSunday, April 15 at 2:00 p.m. in The Rafters, Kirby Student Center
  Performed by UMD Theatre students, faculty and members of the Duluth community, The Deputy, a Christian tragedy (German: Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel), also known as The Representative, is a controversial 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth which indicts Pope Pius XII for his failure to take action or speak out against The Holocaust.There will be a talk back session following the performance.
  


• Weapons of the Spirit, Tuesday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. inBohannon 90
  Weapons of the Spirit," Pierre Sauvage's documentary about the extraordinary French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon during the Nazi rule in World War II, is like a murder mystery in reverse. It's an examination of crimes that didn't take place, of atrocities averted, and in such a way that history itself seems to have been subverted by their absence.  There will be a post-film discussion led by members of the Baeumler Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Committee.


• Religious Institutions Responses to the Holocaust Thursday, April 19 (Yom Ha Shoah), 4:30 p.m. in the Weber Music Hall
  This is a panel discussion featuring Twin Cities Attorney Kenneth Engel, a representative from the Jewish Community Relations Council; Dr. Alexis Pogorelskin, UMD professor of History; and Dr. Steve Matthews, UMD professor of History.    Mr. Engel, a child of Holocaust survivors, will speak on how Jews perceived their Christian neighbors and Christian institutions with respect to protection/sanctuary, support, etc.  Dr. Pogorelskin will focus her remarks on the Vatican in the 1930s.  Dr. Matthews’ presentation will address the role of the Confessing Church and the Holocaust.