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Thursday, January 17, 2013 • UCLA Hillel • 4 PM

Forbidden art: A Symposium and Exhibition on Camp Art from the Collections of the Auschwitz Memorial

This exhibition from the Auschwitz Memorial features twenty works of art made illegally and under the threat of death by prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. At once a unique historical document and testament to the fight for one’s own humanity, the art is also a record of each prisoner-artist’s inner life. The photographs are accompanied by historical commentary and excerpts from archival accounts, and include drawings depicting the plight of inmates, scenes from camp life and portraits. They also include excerpts from fairy tales that inmates wrote for their children left at home, and in some cases, information about the artists themselves.

Exhibit will run from December 10 - January 31, 2013 at Hillel at UCLA & St. Alban's Episcopal Church

4 PM Welcome: Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller (Hillel at UCLA)

                      Todd Presner (UCLA)

4:10 Remarks: Joanna Kozińska-Frybes (Consul General of the Republic of Poland) 

                     Stefan Biederman (Deputy Consul General of Germany)

                     Rev. Susan W. Klein (St. Alban’s Episcopal Church)

                     Jacek Kastelaniec (Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation)

4:25 The Genesis of the 'Forbidden Art' Exhibit: Pawel Sawicki (Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum)

4:40 Art as a Message in a Bottle Todd Presner (UCLA)

5:00 Images in Spite of All Lisa Saltzman (Bryn Mawr College)

5:45 Reception (Hillel & St. Alban’s)

7:00 Film Screening: As Seen Through These Eyes, Followed by Q&A with Hilary Helstein (Director) 

Events are subject to change without notice. Please visit www.cjs.ucla.edu for more event information. Events are free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Please call (310)267-5327 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to RSVP. 

Hillel at UCLA is located at 574 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church is next door at 580 Hilgard Ave. Parking available across the street in UCLA Structure 2 for $11 (pay at Westholme and Hilgard kiosk). No parking on Strathmore Dr. or 600 block of Westholme. Hillel at UCLA phone: (310)208-3081.

Sponsored by the

UCLA Center for Jewish Studies

Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel

With the Generous Support of

The "1939" Club

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

The Goldrich Family Foundation

Mimi and Werner Wolfen

Cosponsored by the

St. Alban's Episcopal Church

Consulate General of the Republic of Poland 

German Consulate General in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

UCLA Department of Germanic Languages 

UCLA Department of History

Exhibition was made possible through the partnership of The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and The Polish Mission at The Orchard Lake Schools