Sometimes PR people ask to have items posted on the blog. And sometimes I feel like doing it. And sometimes I’ll even spend a minute to find information that was left out of the release:
In recognition of the 70th anniversary of World War II, The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance is collaborating with universities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on a series of programs and seminars called “Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point.” The programs will explore topics ranging from music composed by Holocaust prisoners to the theological implications of the Holocaust. Two photography exhibitions are also planned as part of the series. All events are free and open to the public. The kick-off event is September 9th. Southern Methodist University’s Human Rights Department is the series’ host. Other SMU organizations–Perkins School of Theology, Dedman’s History Department, Meadows Art History and Music Departments—will participate in the series along with The University of Dallas and Texas Christian University. The program’s title combines the English and Hebrew scriptural words, Holocaust and Shoah, both synonymously representing the horrific events, between 1943 and 1945 that Raphael Lemkin, a Polish lawyer, coined as “genocide” in 1943.
The Sept. 9 event is at 7 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center at SMU.