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Dr. Burton Beerman	Dr. Norbert Kampe

BGSU brings German scholar, ‘Tikvah’ to Holocaust remembrance

In January 1942, 15 high-ranking representatives of the Nazi Party, German governmental ministries and the SS met at a Berlin villa to discuss cooperation in the “Final Solution”—the planned deportation and murder of all European Jews.

The meeting was the Wannsee Conference, and the villa later became the House of the Wannsee Conference Memorial and Educational Site. The site director, Dr. Norbert Kampe, will discuss its significance and the tragedy of the Holocaust during two weeks of appearances at the University and elsewhere in northwest Ohio, beginning April 25.

Kampe is the featured guest scholar for “Deadly Discrimination: Re-viewing the ‘Final Solution’ and its Consequences,” a collaborative project between BGSU and the Ruth Fajerman Markowicz Holocaust Resource Center in Sylvania.

A highlight of the events is an April 26 performance of “Tikvah: A Concert of Hope and Remembrance,” an oratorio by Dr. Burton Beerman, music composition. Kampe will introduce the multimedia production with Philip Markowicz, a Sylvania resident and Holocaust survivor who inspired Beerman to compose “Tikvah” (“Hope”). The 7:30 p.m. performance is set for Bryan Recital Hall in Moore Musical Arts Center.

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