Events

The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive and the Mardigian Library at the University of Michigan-Dearborn are co-sponsoring the traveling exhibit “Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints.” The exhibit features photographs, documents, text panels, and blueprints of the camp that document both its development and expansion. There is also poetry by Paul Celan and a short audiovisual presentation. All materials are on loan from the American Society for Yad Vashem.

The exhibit runs through Feb. 22, 2013 and will feature a closing ceremony on Feb. 24 with a discussion of both the camp and the exhibit by award winning author Robert van Pelt, Professor of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. Van Pelt’s presentation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on the second floor of the library. (Due to the university's spring break, the library will only be open from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Feb. 24 for this event.) Light refreshments will be served.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Free parking is available.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend the presentation on Feb. 24: (313) 583-6300 or e-mail holocaust@umd.umich.edu

The exhibit and presentation are on the second floor of the library. The exhibit is open during library hours.

Directions to UM-Dearborn

Anyone requiring accommodations under the provisions of the ADA should contact (313) 593-5236 prior to February 20, 2013 to allow time for arrangements to be made. The University of Michigan-Dearborn does not necessarily endorse speakers’ views.

February 2013 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

Ask for R.E.A.D. titles at the Circulation Desk; both the Kindles and print books are kept there, and the print copies are on reserve for us.

Light refreshments are provided. Please join us!

Upcoming book: "That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back" by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum (Wednesday, April 3, 2013)

                    

Display cases: Check out the new exhibit Survival of the Spirit: Art Inspired by the Holocaust. This exhibit is in the display cases on the first floor by the elevator.

Second floor: See the traveling exhibit Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints. This exhibit will be on display until February 24.
Opening Reception will be on January 20 at 1:00 p.m.
Closing presentation by award-winning author Professor Robert Jan van Pelt will be held on February 24 at 2:00 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public, but please RSVP for the opening reception and the closing presentation (holocaust@umd.umich.edu or 313.583.6300).