August 18 - September 30
The University of Vermont's Living/Learning Gallery and Outright Vermont are proud to host this traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). This is the first time that an exhibit from the USHMM has appeared in Vermont.
"Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945," will be on public display for all Vermonters at UVM's Living/Learning Center Gallery from August 18 until September 30, 2008. Exhibit open hours vary and are posted on the Living/Learning Gallery Website: http://www.uvm.edu/llcenter/gallery
Through reproductions of some 250 historic photographs and documents, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 examines the rationale, means and impact of the Nazi regime's attempt to eradicate homosexuality that left thousands dead and shattered the lives of many more.
According to the USHMM, between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany sought domination over Europe and, in what is now called the Holocaust, the total annihilation of Europe's Jews. As part of its effort to create a "master Aryan race," the Nazi government persecuted other groups, including Germany's homosexual men. Believing them to be carriers of a "degeneracy" that threatened the nation's "disciplined masculinity" and hindered population growth, the Nazi state incarcerated in prisons and concentration camps tens of thousands of men as a means of terrorizing German homosexuals into social conformity.
UVM's Living/Learning Gallery Co-Director Ann Barlow and Outright Vermont Executive Director Christopher Neff released a joint statement, saying "The University of Vermont Living/Learning Center Gallery and Outright Vermont are honored to be working together to present this exhibition, and we are grateful to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for entrusting us with this important story."
The exhibit is free and open to the public.Public exhibition hours will be as follows:
August 18-29: 12:00 Noon - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
September 2-30: 12:30 - 8:30 p.m., Monday - Friday; 12:30 - 4:30 p.m., Saturdays.
Special Events:
Outright Vermont Opening Reception: A special Opening Reception hosted by Outright Vermont will be held on Thursday, August 21st, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Holocaust survivor Liselotte Ivry will speak at the reception, which serves as a benefit to help cover the cost of the exhibit. Students and youths under 22 are free, and adults are asked to donate $35.00. Tickets will be sold at the event. Free parking will be available on University Heights Road, just across from the Living/Learning Center. http://www.uvm.edu/llcenter/visitorparking.pdf
Community Reception: A reception for the UVM community and the general public will be held on Thursday, September 4, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. There is no charge for this reception.
Lecture: The UVM Carolyn & Leonard Miller Center for Holocaust Studies is sponsoring a lecture, "Comradeship and Sex in Hitler's Military," by Prof. Geoffrey Giles, on Monday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the Fleming Museum. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Exhibition Partners:Outright Vermont, founded in 1989, is a state-wide queer youth advocacy and services non-profit organization. Outright Vermont's mission is to build safe, healthy, and supportive environments for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth. Outright Vermont's goal is to make Vermont the safest most supportive and empowering state for queer youth in America.
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum strives to inspire leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity and strengthen democracy. Federal support guarantees the Museum's permanence, and donors nationwide make possible its educational activities and global outreach. For more information, visit www.ushmm.org.
http://www.outrightvt.org
The University of Vermont Living/Learning Gallery offers students, faculty, staff and community members exposure to a variety of contemporary art in all media, contributing to the cultural and educational vitality by featuring local, regional and national artists. The Gallery is reserved for exhibitions of student work during the spring semester of each academic year.
http://www.uvm.edu/llcenter/galleryContact: Ann Barlow, (802) 656-4200, Ann.Barlow@uvm.edu
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