Events and Programs

These programs took place in spring 2002.

The Holocaust on Film: A Discussion with Dr. Michael Berenbaum and Screening of HBO Films’ Conspiracy
Monday, April 15, 5:30 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Auditorium, Lower Level
400 S. State Street
Presented by the Chicago Public Library, Home Box Office and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Enjoy this screening of HBO Films’ Conspiracy, the 2001 Emmy® and Golden Globe award-winning HBO movie starring Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci. The film recreates the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.” Immediately following the screening will be a discussion by Dr. Michael Berenbaum, author and Holocaust expert, about the treatment of the Holocaust on film. The film debuted on HBO on May 19, 2001. Reservations are required for this program. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

“What is Our Universe of Obligation?”
Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Auditorium, Lower Level
400 S. State Street
Presented by the Chicago Public Library and Facing History and Ourselves, Chicago Regional Office
What is an individual’s—or a nation’s—Universe of Obligation? To whom are obligations owed? To whom do rules apply? Whose injuries call for amends? Join us for a conversation that challenges us to consider tough concepts within the context of Night, the complexities of today and the implications for our future. Moderated by Ken Bode, the James S. and James L. Knight professor in broadcast journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.

Elie Wiesel, Interviewed by Mara Tapp
Wednesday, April 17, 12:30 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Winter Garden, Ninth Floor
400 S. State Street
Presented by the Chicago Public Library and the University of Chicago’s Hillel Center
Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of Night, will discuss his life and works with Chicago journalist Mara Tapp. General admission tickets for this free public program will be available beginning at 9:00 a.m. Friday, April 12 in the main lobby of the Harold Washington Library Center. There is a limit of two tickets per person. No one without a ticket will be admitted into the Winter Garden. Dr. Wiesel will not be signing books or taking audience questions at this event. We regret that due to space limitations, groups cannot be accommodated in the Winter Garden. This program will be broadcast beginning Thursday, April 18 on MUTV Channel 23.

Elie Wiesel Lecture: “Religion and Violence in the Context of Judaism”
Wednesday, April 17, 7:00 p.m.
University of Chicago, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Presented by the University of Chicago’s Hillel Center and the Chicago Public Library
Free-will offering accepted.

Screening of Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Thursday, April 18, 5:30 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Auditorium, Lower Level
400 S. State Street
Presented by the Chicago Public Library, Home Box Office and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The 2001 Academy Award® winning film for Best Documentary, Features, chronicles the Kindertransport that saved 10,000 Jewish children. The film debuted on HBO on December 10, 2001.

Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tuesday, April 30
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Hear the voices of Holocaust survivors and commemorate the spirit of those who did not survive at the City of Chicago’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, hosted by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Join this year’s keynote speaker, Elaine Welbel, as she tells her personal account of surviving 33 months in the Nazi labor camps Auschwitz and Birkenau.