Holocaust Memorial Day
Wednesday 26 January 14:00 until 18:30
Chowen Lecture Theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex
Speaker: Prof. Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, London), Tomi Reichental, Gerry Gregg and Oliver Donohoe.
1.30 pm Welcome
Professor Michael Farthing, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Brighton and Hove,
Councillor Geoff Wells
Gordon Greenfield, Director, Association of Jewish Refugees
Cameron Tait, President, University of Sussex Student Union
Professor Christian Wiese, Director, Centre for German-Jewish Studies
1.45 pm Professor Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, London)
'Holocaust Remembrance in the 21st Century: Listening to Untold Stories'
Chaired by Professor Christian Wiese
2.45 pm Tea, Sussex Medical School Foyer
3.15 pm Film: 'Till the Tenth Generation' (2009)
4.30 pm Panel discussion chaired by John Jacobs, former Senior Lecturer in social policy, University of Sussex
This documentary accompanies Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichenthal as he returns for the first time to Slovakia where he witnessed, as a nine-year-old, the annihilation of thousands through starvation, disease and mass murder.
The film will be followed by a question and answer session with Tomi Reichental, director Gerry Gregg and producer Oliver Donohoe.
By: Diana Franklin
Further information: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cgjs/documents/101130_hmdprogramme.pdf
Last updated: Sunday, 12 December 2010