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The Transylvanian Jews, Before and During the Holocaust

Thu, Jan 27

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The Transylvanian Jews, Before and During the Holocaust
The Transylvanian Jews, Before and During the Holocaust

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Jan 27, 2022, 2:00 PM EST

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On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pay tribute to the life and memory of the once thriving Jewish community of Transylvania, almost completely obliterated towards the end of the Second World War, whose fate is commemorated by a unique institution located in the heart of Romania, the in Șimleu Silvaniei. Holocaust Museum of Northern Transylvania

We follow the saga of the establishment of the museum, which occupies a derelict synagogue now restored to its former glory, and examine the destiny of the Transylvanian Jewry in the company of Dr. Alex Hecht, the museum’s founder, Daniel Stejeran, the museum’s director, Dr. Ana Bărbulescu, head of the research department of the , and author and academic Dr. Roberta Seret, founder of the International Cinema Education. With a keynote introduction by A.G. Weinberger, Vice President of the Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in RomaniaRomanian Cultural Institute

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