This multi-panel large format exhibition is produced and provided by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, Israel. The exhibition is open to the public beginning Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Wilson Center for the Performing Arts on the Campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville, South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32246 and will remain available to the public through Friday, May 5. This self-guided exhibition covers the history of the Holocaust from the rise of Nazism in Germany through the liberation of the concentration and extermination camps at the end of World War II.
In addition to the exhibit, the FSCJ Wilson Center is hosting two complementary events.
On Wednesday, April 26 we offer a screening of the film “Conspiracy” to be held at 7:00 p.m. The film examines the conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, Germany on January 20, 1942. At this conference attended by fifteen high-level Nazi party and government officials, the implementation of the “final solution” to the Jewish question in Europe was discussed, leading to the murder of six million European Jews and five million non-Jewish victims. The film will be preceded by a brief presentation by Dr. Dirk Wendtorf, professor of German Studies and Humanities at FSCJ South Campus. This film is rated R for language.
On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 7:00 p.m, the FSCJ Wilson Center welcomes Holocaust survivor Manfred Katz as he shares his story of survival. The event will be preceded by a brief presentation on the history of the Holocaust and will be followed by a question and answer session. The Exhibition and the evening events are open to the public and are free of charge. The Wilson Center is open daily (Monday through Thursday) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information contact:
Dr. Dirk Wendtorf
FSCJ South Campus
(904) 646-2036