The Chicago premiere of a traveling exhibit from the Luther Centre in Wittenberg, Germany, and the State Center of Political Education Saxony-Anhalt. The exhibit is open during regular campus hours. Call 773-256-0700 for times. A docent is available for group tours. Call Robert Saler at 773-909-4984 for details.
Luther’s writings on the Jews helped fuel the tension between Jews and Christians during the Holocaust. A powerful exhibit of photos and artifacts from Jewish life in the German city of Wittenberg during the 1930s and 40s hopes to foster communication and healing.
“This deliberate joint reminder of the guilt and shame [in Wittenberg] and the unspeakable suffering [by Jews] can also lead Christians and Jews to the hope of a joint future so that they can stand together and combat racism, political or religious mania, and violence.” --
State Center of Political Education of Saxony-Anhalt and
the Luther Centre – Wittenberg
Events:
Monday, October 9
Shapiro Lecture
Dr. Jean Pierre Ruiz (St. John’s University)
“Religious Relations Between Jews and Latino Catholics”
4:00 p.m., Catholic Theological Union, Main Lecture Hall
Wednesday, October 25
Exhibit Opening Reception
7:30 – 9:30 p.m., LSTC, Grand Hallway
Remarks by Co-Sponsors
“Remembering Lives: The Jews of Luthertown Wittenberg in the Third Reich”
8:00 p.m., LSTC, Grand Hallway
Tuesday, October 31
Panel Discussion featuring the Rev. Albrecht Steinhäuser (Director of Communication, Church of Saxony), Rabbi Elliot Gertel
(Congregation Rodfei Zedek), and the Rev. Dr. Terrence Baeder
(Zion Lutheran Church, Tinley Park, Ill.)
“Jews and Christians: Germany and Chicago”
7:30 p.m., LSTC, Common Room
Wednesday, November 8
Rabbi David Sandmel (KAM-Isaiah, Catholic Theological Union)
Lecture: “The Significance of Torah in Judaism”
9:30 a.m., LSTC, Common Room
Thursday, November 9
Kristallnacht Remembrance Service
11:00 a.m., LSTC, Augustana Chapel
Panel Discussion featuring Victoria Barnett(U.S. Holocaust Museum), Dr. Robert Cathey (McCormick Theological Seminary), Dr. Kurt Hendel (LSTC), Dr. Vitor Westhelle (LSTC)
“What Can the Barmen Declaration Teach Us Today?”
Noon, LSTC, Common Room
Exhibit Viewing
7:00 p.m., LSTC, Grand Hallway
Victoria Barnett (U.S. Holocaust Museum)
Lecture: “Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Legacy in a Post-Holocaust World”
7:30 p.m., LSTC, Common Room
For group tours, docent tours, and other exhibit information
contact Robert Saler at 773-909-4984.
Co-Sponsors: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, McCormick Theological Union, The Catholic-Jewish Studies Program of the Cardinal Bernadin Center at Catholic Theological Union, The German Consulate of Chicago, Hamburg Sister City Organization
Downloads: [ Large Poster (PDF) ] [ Postcard (PDF) ] [ Bulletin Insert (PDF) ]
