Commission and Elected Officials Bring Holocaust Message to Savannah Area
Pat Conroy, best-selling author to speak at Jewish Education Alliance (JEA) for Georgia Commission Holocaust Event – Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum to Host Anne Frank: A History for Today, the Secret Annex and William A. Scott, III, Witness to the Holocaust exhibits and an exhibition of student artwork at the Massie Heritage Center come to Savannah May 5, 2009
The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, Senator Eric Johnson, Senator Lester Jackson and Mayor Otis Johnson, will host “An Evening with Anne Frank,” the opening reception for the arrival of a world class Anne Frank exhibit in
Pat Conroy, author of the best-selling novels The Great Santini, Beach Music, and The Prince of Tides, will be the special guest speaker at the reception. Additional remarks will be made by Senator Johnson, Senator Jackson and Mayor Johnson.
The exhibit which will be housed at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum May 5 – June 2, 2009 will feature the “Anne Frank: A History for Today” which offers connections to more recent historical events. It illustrates the continuing relevance of Anne Frank’s story and the important lessons it can teach us today. The exhibit reminds us that the discrimination and racism that ended her life did not disappear when World War II ended. Learning about her life story challenges the viewer to think about the value of tolerance, mutual respect, and the significance of human rights. The exhibit, “Witness to the Holocaust: William A. Scott at Buchenwald,” will also be displayed in Savannah. Mr. Scott, later editor of the Atlanta Daily World newspaper, was a World War II photojurnalist in a segregated US Army unit when he witnessed the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The reception’s admission is $18. If you would like to take advantage of tax-deductible sponsorship opportunities, which include signage and recognition at the reception as well as during the exhibit’s tenure in
The State of Georgia established the Commission in order to create an awareness of the enormity of the crimes of prejudice and inhumanity and a vigilance to prevent their recurrence through teaching the lessons of the Holocaust to present and future generations of Georgians.
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