The
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Program
Capstone
C
Scholars
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P
Program
the Department
D
t of Langu
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eratures, a
and Culture
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the German Studies
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Pro
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Departmentt,
and the
e Departm
ment of Reliigious Stud
dies
corrdially invitte you to a lecture on
A Slova
S
ak Ann
A e Frrank
k?
The
e Ca
ase of Kitty
K yW
Weich
hherrz
Profes
ssor Daniel Magilow
M
w, UT Knoxv
ville
Tues
sday, October 4, 6 p.m
m.
Chap
pel, Ruttledge Hall
H
(on
n the Ho
orsesho
oe)
Uniiversity
y of Sou
uth Caro
olina-C
Columbiia
In 19
929, the same
s
yea
ar of Anne
e Frank's birth,
Kath
harina ("K
Kitty") Weiichherz w
was born iinto an
accu
ulturated Jewish fa
amily in B
Bratislava
a,
Czec
choslovak
kia. As witth Anne F
Frank, Kittty Weich
hherz's
life became
b
th
he subject of a diarry. Her fa
ather, Béla
a
Weic
chherz, be
egan to reecord his only child's life in
metiiculous de
etail in tw
wo notebo
ooks. In te
ext and im
mage,
Béla
a's baby book
b
(or "d
diary" as h
he called it) tells th
he
story
y of one anonymou
a
us life from
m its very
y beginnin
ngs
until the sum
mmer of 19
942, when
n the Weiichherzes
s were
depo
orted to Nazi
N
camp
ps.
erz
A comparison of the diarie
es of Kitty
y Weichhe
and Anne Fra
ank yieldss insight iinto the p
protocols that
gove
ern the rep
presentattion of ch
hildren an
nd atrocity
y and
tthe roles family
f
ph
hotographs play in constructting mem
mories of ttraumatic
c pasts.
T
The talk
k is accom
mpanied
d by an exhibitio
e
on that w
will be on
n display
y in
tthe chap
pel from 4 p.m. onwards
o
and can
n be view
wed at th
he Capsttone
B
Building
g until Oc
ctober 21.
2
F
Followed by
b a light reception
r
in
i the Dep
partment o
of Religiouss Studies.
T
This event is free and
d open to the
t public. All are we
elcome.
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With questions, please
p
conta
act Dr. Katja
a Vehlow, veh
[email protected]
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