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"Ravensbrück: We Who Lived There" Traveling Exhibition

As a follow-up to the University Archives and Special Collections’ 2020 exhibition, “To Life: The Liberation of Ravensbrück” we invite the community to experience the traveling exhibit "Ravensbrück – We Who Lived There." The exhibition is viewable on the first floor of the Bradshaw Library between now and May 2022.

Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women located about 90 km north of Berlin. It opened in 1939 imprisoning 130,000 women and children from more than 30 different countries. In April of 1945, more than 21,000 survivors were rescued during the Red Cross’ White Bus Rescue Action and brought to Sweden.
The exhibit is the result of a joint student and teacher project at Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden 2018–2019. Students from the Advanced History Program and the IB Program share the stories of the women and children imprisoned at Ravensbrück. The exhibit is brought to you by FGCU’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research and the University Archives and Special Collections. It was brought to the US by Better Futures Foundation, a Sarasota-based 501(c)3 non-profit.

Previous Events

Oslo & the Rescue of Norwegian Jewish Children

Hosted by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research.

Join Holocaust scholar, Paul R. Bartrop, Ph.D., as he examines the activities of the Oslo Jewish Children's Home during the German Occupation of Norway. The lecture will celebrate a group of dedicated women who devoted themselves to the children and facilitated their rescue across the border into Sweden. Dr. Bartrop is Professor Emeritus of History at Florida Gulf Coast University.The event was hosted via Zoom.

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Dr. Minh Nguyen presents "When Your Daughter is Told 'Your Face Is Not American.'"

Hosted in partnership by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research and Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida.

In this presentation, Dr. Nguyen will discuss how race and the fragility of American identity continue to affect Asian Americans. In addition to drawing from his own experience as a refugee from communist Vietnam and as a father of two Asian American daughters, Dr. Nguyen will invite the audience to think about the identities they hold and how we can be in community and solidarity with one another, to support each other through this difficult time, and to work toward a better, more just society.

The event was hosted via Zoom in partnership with the FGCU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research and Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida.

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Community Partner's Events

Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida | A discussion with John Voorhees | April 14th, 2022 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
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Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida | Rabbi Myra Soifer "The Passover Seder: The Basics and the Subversive" | April 21st, 2022 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
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Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida | A discussion with Erez Luke Cohen | April 28th, 2022 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
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Erez Luke Cohen, Executive Director of Hillel at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will present "A Grandchild's Quest to Find Grandmother's Holocaust Story."

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Viewing of documentary "Shared Legacies" | April 28th, 2022 | 6:00 PM
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There will be a rare opportunity to view a spectacular documentary, "Shared Legacies." It is the exploration of the African-American / Jewish Civil Rights Alliance. This movie reveals the historical ties between Black & Jewish Americans, which evolved long before the civil rights movement. The film reveals how this alliance brought strength, and ultimately, results through a shared understanding of trauma, enslavement, and discrimination. Hear interviews and see footage of prominent political and religious figures such as Dr. King, John Lewis, Andrew Young, Rabbis, and social activists. This story of empathy and partnership will inspire people to work together for a country that is of the people, by the people, and for the people.

There will have an enlightening conversation about the film led by Rabbi Nicole Luna of Temple Beth El and Pastor Mary Stockton of the Tabernacle Church on Thursday, April 28th, 2022 at 6:00 PM at the Alliance of the Arts. A Zoom link will be provided to you to enjoy the film free of charge at home between Monday, April 24^th and Thursday, April 28^th.

Please R.S.V.P to Amanda Shelter at amandashetler@yahoo.com by Friday, April 22nd with your name, email address, and your guest's name and emial address. The Zoom link will be provided the week prior to the event to view the film.