Art Gives Hope in Times of Political Upheaval and Darkness.
Join the Department of German and the Jewish Studies Program for this timely commemorative event organized by Professor Dr. Amy Colin. Students from her German studies seminars will read Paul Celan’s “Die Todesfuge” (Death Fugue) in Michael Hamburger’s English translation and present the work of Jewish artists who survived the Holocaust, Sculptress Irene Fröhlich-Wiener (Switzerland) will show ways in which her work and art in general can create a spiritual and emotional bond between people in times of violence and war, and anthropologist C. Raman Schlemmer will discuss the persecution of the famous avant-garde artist Oskar Schlemmer in Nazi Germany and his reception today. German Honorary Consul Paul Overby will participate in the opening of the event.