
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 19, 1990                   TAG: 9004190044
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EVENTS HELD TO HONOR VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST

Days of Remembrance, a weeklong commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust, will begin Sunday in the Roanoke Valley and will include a number of public events.

\ Through April 28: "Art of Theresienstadt," an exhibit of paintings and drawings from the so-called "Paradise Ghetto" outside Prague, Czechoslovakia. This was masked as the Nazis' model ghetto, shown to Red Cross officials. In reality, it was a transit camp in which 35,000 died and 88,000 were sent on to annihilation in other camps. Roanoke Valley History Museum, Center in the Square.

\ Sunday: "An Ecumenical Service of Remembrance," conducted by the Rev. Alvord Beardslee, professor of religion at Hollins College, with a dramatic reading by The Acting Company. Seven Holocaust survivors who now live in Southwest Virginia will be honored. 3 p.m., Unitarian-Universalist Church, 2015 Grandin Road.

\ Tuesday: "A Symposium on the Holocaust," moderated by Jake Wheeler, professor of political science at Hollins College and host of the public television program "Nightline." Panel includes Susan Cernyak-Spatz of the University of North Carolina and a survivor of Auschwitz and Theresienstadt, and Charles W. Sydnor Jr., president of Emory and Henry College and an expert on the history of the Nazi era. 3:30 p.m., Green Drawing Room, Main Building, Hollins College.

\ Wednesday: "Focus on the Holocaust," a call-in radio talk show on WFIR-AM. Host Gary Minter will be joined by Hollins College professors Allie Frazier and Alvord Beardslee, and Marcia Brumberg, education director for Roanoke's two Jewish congregations. 2 to 4 p.m. 345-5955.

\ Thursday: "The Holocaust: Explaining the Unexplainable," lecture by Karl Schleunes, professor of history at the University of North Carolina and author of "The Twisted Road to Auschwitz," a study of the Nazi era. Schleunes will address the difficulties of making sense of the Holocaust. 8 p.m. Roanoke Valley History Museum, Center in the Square.

These programs were planned by the Roanoke Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Roanoke Jewish Community Council and the Hollins College Department of Philosophy and Religion.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 362-6452.

by CNB