Holocaust Memorial Week 2011 – Pink Triangle

Monday 24 January

Monday, 24 January 2011 at 10:00 – Thursday, 27 January 2011 at 21:00 

Portraits for Posterity Exhibition @ Lakeside Theatre exhibition space, University of Essex                                      
Matt Writtle’s photographic portraits of survivors of the Jewish Holocaust, who live today in Britain
both celebrate the contribution of these survivors to British Society and commemorate the millions
who perished.

The exhibition will be opened by Holocaust survivor Dora Love, 24th January at 1pm.

Rainer Schulze speaks on BBC Essex about the Exhibition (click here to listen again).

Dora Love speaks on BBC Essex about Holocaust Memorial Week 2011 and the duty to remember, and reads one of her poems (click here to listen again).

Twilight Zone Cafe Talk at the Minories Colchester 6.30pm

Followed by:
Paragraph 175 film showing 8pm @ Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex
(transport from the Minories provided)

Documentary chronicling the lives of homosexual men
arrested by the Nazis under Paragraph 175 of the
German Penal Code of 1871.   (81mins)

FREE ENTRY

Paragraph 175 is a documentary film released in 2000, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and narrated by Rupert Everett. The film chronicles the lives of several men who were arrested by the Nazis for homosexuality under Paragraph 175, the sodomy provision of the German penal code, dating back to 1871.
Paragraph 175 is a documentary film released in 2000, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and narrated by Rupert Everett. The film chronicles the lives of several men who were arrested by the Nazis for homosexuality under Paragraph 175, the sodomy provision of the German penal code, dating back to 1871.

Between 1933 and 1945, 100,000 men were arrested under Paragraph 175. Some were imprisoned, others were sent to concentration camps. Only about 4,000 survived; see Paragraph 175 for full details.

In 2000, fewer than ten of these men were known to be living. Five come forward in the documentary to tell their stories for the first time, considered to be among the last untold stories of the Third Reich.

Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySlMFFJQcO0

Tuesday 25 January

Paragraph 175 is a documentary film released in 2000, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and narrated by Rupert Everett. The film chronicles the lives of several men who were arrested by the Nazis for homosexuality under Paragraph 175, the sodomy provision of the German penal code, dating back to 1871.

Between 1933 and 1945, 100,000 men were arrested under Paragraph 175. Some were imprisoned, others were sent to concentration camps. Only about 4,000 survived; see Paragraph 175 for full details.

In 2000, fewer than ten of these men were known to be living. Five come forward in the documentary to tell their stories for the first time, considered to be among the last untold stories of the Third Reich.

Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySlMFFJQcO0

The Badac Theatre Company Present: Bent by Martin Sherman, doors 7pm @ Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex

The Badac Theatre Company return to the Lakeside Theatre to
perform extracts from this acclaimed play about the persecution
of gay men by the Nazis.

Tickets: Full £8.00, Concs £5.00, UoE Students £3.00

Wednesday 26 January

The Life and Death Orchestra present: This way for the Gas Ladies and Gentlemen, doors 7pm @ Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex

With almost universal praise from the critics, The Life and Death
Orchestra are a fluid group of musicians. The Score is based on
poems by internationally acclaimed writers, including Paul Celan,
Nina Cassian and Tadeusz Borowski, and Nobel Prize winners
Elie Wiesel and Czeslaw Milosz. The performance treads a fine line
between the horrors of genocide and the optimism of the human spirit.

Tickets: Full £9.00, Concs £6.00, UoE £4.00

Thursday 27 January – Holocaust Memorial Day

MUNEX Panel Discussion: The Responsibility to Protect, doors 5.30pm (6-8pm) @ Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex

The Essex Model United Nations Society present an interdisciplinary panel to discuss the
international agreement, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine and its implications
for violations of the human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

FREE ENTRY
At 8pm, join us for a short commemoration to remember all victims of the Holocaust, outside
the Lakeside Theatre immediately after the discussion. 

Friday 28 January

Panel Discussion: The Big Question; where next for LGBT liberation in the UK and across the globe?, 6.30pm @ Lecture Theatre Building, University of Essex

FREE ENTRY

Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 January – Southend Campus

Portraits for Posterity Exhibition, Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-5 @ University of Essex Elmer Suite, Southend                                      
Matt Writtle’s photographic portraits of survivors of the Jewish Holocaust, who live today in Britain
both celebrate the contribution of these survivors to British Society and commemorate the millions
who perished.

FREE ENTRY

Saturday 29 January

Discussion: Portraits for Poisterity by Matt Writtle, 11am @ Elmer Suite, University of Essex Southend Campus

Photographer Matt Writtle will formally open the exhibition of photographic portraits
of Holocaust survivors and explain his motivation for the project.

FREE ENTRY

Sunday 30 January

Film showing: Memories of the Holocaust and thereafter – the child survivors, 2pm @ University of Essex Gateway building, Southend

A powerful 90 minute film about post-war experiences of child survivors of the Holocaust. The film
focuses on the children’s home in Blankenese where Holocaust survivor and Essex Honorary Graduate
Dora Love worked after her liberation from the Stutthof camp.

FREE ENTRY

Followed by: Discussion: Memories of the Holocaust and thereafter, 4pm @ University of Essex Elmer Suite, Southend

A discussion lead by Holocaust survivor and Essex Honorary Graduate, Dora Love

FREE ENTRY

Wednesday 2 February

Open Seminar: Memory, Memorials and the Dynamics of the Transmission of a Cultural Narrative: From the Concentration Camp to the Gay Pride Parade 5pm  @ room 4N.6.1, University of Essex

Discussion hosted by the centre for psychoanalytical studies.