David Shneer,听Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History听and Professor of History, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies,听is excited to announce the publication of听听with Hentrich&Hentrich, a short biography about a Dutch Jewish Yiddish singer, who survived the Holocaust, was the last person to see Anne Frank alive, and who went on to become the Yiddish diva of the Communist world, including a 1965 concert including Yiddish music in North Korea.听
On Sunday, January 25, 2015, Shneer will deliver the Chip Rainey Memorial Lecture, the keynote event for the听, in Austin, TX. His talk is titled听"Grief: How One Photograph Helped Define the History and Memory of the Holocaust."听In 1942, the Soviet Jewish photographer Dmitrii Baltermants became one of the first Holocaust听liberator-photographers. A remarkable image known as 鈥淕rief鈥� has been displayed around the world as a memorial听meditation on violence for many years. 听In this talk, Shneer will share Grief鈥檚 journey as it sits at the juncture of history and听memory.听
One month later, on Sunday, February 22, 2015, David Shneer's photography exhibition,听Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and the Holocaust,听will be opening at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Center.听 He will deliver an opening talk to the English-speaking public that afternoon, and a Russian-language lecture to Soviet war veterans on Monday, February 23, in honor of Russian Armed Forces Day and commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
On Saturday, March 7, Shneer will deliver a mini-course, "Post Holocaust American Judaism," at the new CU South Denver campus, located in the Wildlife Experience Center.