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An Opera and Symposium: Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

By Jessica Woolman on January 17, 2020

January 27 is the International Day of Commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust, and marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. In honour of the victims, UBC Opera Ensemble (School of Music), the Modern European Studies Program (Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies) and the Witnessing Auschwitz International Seminar (Go Global) have organized a symposium leading up to the UBC Opera’s presentation of the Canadian premiere of “The Passenger” by Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

The four-day symposium runs Monday, January 27 to Thursday, January 30.

The symposium will include speakers and panel discussions, including a talk on residential schools and settler colonial genocide with Dr. Tricia Logan, RSHDC’s head of Research and Engagement. Noah Duranseaud, a digital system consultant at RSHDC and an alumni of Witnessing Auschwitz, will also present at the panel Remembering Holocaust Survivors in the UBC Community. The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre is hosting a film screening and talk at the RSHDC as part of the symposium. The full program is available online.

Other events happening include satellite exhibits:

“Experiencing the Holocaust, Sharing Memories: The UBC Community Reading and Witnessing Auschwitz”
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
January 15 – February 28

“Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Exhibit”
at Hillel House, January 27 – 30
at Chan Centre, January 30 – February 2

Learn more about the exhibits

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