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Two MSU Museum exhibitions and a series of public programs will draw attention to rescue during World War Two, especially the work of Varian Fray, and to Michigan Jewish life during the 1930s & 1940s. The exhibits will run through June 15, 2003. Varian Fry, ASSIGNMENT: RESCUE, 1940 - 1941. The Museum will host a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit about Varian Fry's rescue efforts in Vichy, France during the early years of World War Two. Varian Fry's efforts helped save hundreds of people from the Nazis. including: Franz Werfel, Leon Feuchtwanger, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Hannah Arendt and others. Uneasy Years: Michigan Jewry During Depression and War This companion exhibit to Varian Fry, explores the dilemmas and anxieties of Michigan Jews in the 1930s and 1940s, a period in which Jews were increasingly at ease in Michigan and in the U.S. and yet increasingly anxious amidst depression and rising anti-Semitism in the U.S. This exhibit has been developed by a tem of co-curators from MSU: Dr. Ken Waltzer, Professor of History in James Madison College and Director of Ingegrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities; and Dr. Kirsten Fermaglich, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies. For more information, contact the Jewish Studies Program. |
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