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VARIAN FRY
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Nov. 17, 2002 - June 15, 2003 Varian Fry/Uneasy Years exhibit at Michigan State University Museum

Apr. 11, 2003
9 am - 4 pm, Erickson Hall
& MSU Museum
Annual MSU Jewish Studies Educators Conference on the Holocaust

Apr. 10, 2003
7:30 pm, Kellogg Center Auditorium
"Rescue During World War II" lecture by filmmaker Pierre Sauvage

Apr. 3, 2003
3 pm, MSU Museum Auditorium
"Hidden Children Remember," with panel members telling of own experiences as children during the Uneasy Years.

Mar. 30, 2003
2 pm, MSU Museum Auditorium
"Michigan Jewry During 1930s & 40s: Depression, War & Holocaust" panel discussion with Sid Bolkosky, Kirsten Fermgalich, Holly Teasdle, Ken Waltzer.

Feb. 8, 2003
9 am, MSU Museum Auditorium
"Bringing Stories of Rescue Into the Classroom," workshop, with Dr. Kenneth Waltzer, Dr. Kirsten Fermgalich, Dr. Kris Morrissey.

Feb. 5, 2003
3 pm, St. Johns Parish, E. Lansing
7:30 pm, MSU Union
"Rescuers of Jews in France During WWII" - speaker Patrick Henry, Professor Emeritus of Foreign Languages and Literature, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.

Varian Fry and the Michigan Jewish Community-- (2002)

photo collage
schedule of events

Grant Awarded: March 2002

Type of Grant: Local Network grant

Sponsor: Congregation Shaarey Zedek, MSU Museum and Jewish Studies Program

Contact: Julie Avery, Assistant Curator/History, MSU Museum, 517-432-3358, averyj@msu.edu

Award: $9,432

Website: www.museum.msu.edu

Congregation Shaarey Zedek has been awarded a $9,432 Local Network grant for "Varian Fry and the Michigan Jewish Community." The project will bring to mid-Michigan a traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - Assignment Rescue, The Story of Varian Fry & the Emergency Rescue Committee, 1940-41; create complimentary components to the exhibit to showcase Michigan Jewry's experience, entitled Uneasy Years Images of Prosperous -Depression - Wartime Michigan, 1920s-1940s; and develop and provide a series of public programs centered around the themes of the exhibit.